At the performance turn, this book takes a fresh'how to'approach to Practice as Research,
arguing that old prejudices should be abandoned and a PaR methodology fully accepted in …

In September 2015, and in response to the Syrian refugee crisis, there were widespread
calls in New Zealand urging the Government to raise its annual Refugee Quota. Māori Party …

This thesis focuses on notions of 'traditional'and 'contemporary'theatre in two Pacific Island
contexts, Aotearoa and Rapa Nui. It explores how notions of 'tradition'are imagined …

This thesis reveals central thematic concerns relating to directing text-based professional
theatre in New Zealand. How does a select cohort of professional New Zealand theatre …

This thesis sets out to analyse the methodologies of the dramaturge and the contribution of
the dramaturge to performance development. First used in Europe during the late 18th …

Arts-based methodologies are becoming increasingly popular within migration research,
valued for their potential to traverse and transcend cultural, linguistic and academic borders; …

There is a growing interest and appetite for First Nations arts, stories and performances.
Creating new performing arts work by, with and about First Nations peoples can meet …

The theatrical review group Maranga Mai, emerging out of the political unrest of the 1970s,
used drama to challenge New Zealand's ideology of one people and dispel the myth that …