Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
About the Book Series
This series is our home for cutting-edge, upper-level scholarly studies and edited collections. Considering theatre and performance alongside topics such as religion, politics, gender, race, ecology, and the avant-garde, titles are characterized by dynamic interventions into established subjects and innovative studies on emerging topics.
Seven Pillars Acting: A Comprehensive Technique for the Modern Actor
2nd Edition
By Sonya Cooke
July 08, 2026
Seven Pillars Acting is a transformative method for actors seeking authenticity, structure, and creative freedom. This book presents a groundbreaking technique that equips actors with a clear, dependable process for creating compelling performances. This modern method breaks the craft into seven ...
The Embattled Academy: Staging the Culture Wars in Twenty-First-Century U.S. Drama
1st Edition
By Heath A. Diehl
July 03, 2026
The Embattled Academy delves into the world of contemporary U.S. drama, exploring how the twenty-first-century academy has become a central stage for the Culture Wars and their impact on academic labor and institutional dynamics. This groundbreaking book examines nine pivotal plays, from David ...
Dancing Shakespeare: Ballet Adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Works from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
1st Edition
By Iris Julia Bührle
June 22, 2026
Dancing Shakespeare is the first history of ballets based on William Shakespeare’s works from the birth of the dramatic story ballet in the eighteenth century to the present. It focuses on two main questions: "How can Shakespeare be danced?" and "How can dance shed new light on Shakespeare?" The ...
Samuel Beckett’s Italian Modernisms: Tradition, Texts, Performance
1st Edition
Edited
By Michela Bariselli, Davide Crosara, Antonio Gambacorta, Mario Martino
June 22, 2026
In the wake of both Joycean and Dantean celebrations, this volume aims to investigate the fecund influence of Italian culture on Samuel Beckett’s work, with a specific focus on the twentieth century. Located at the intersection of historical avant-garde movements and a renewed interest in tradition...
Performing Paradise: The Living Theatre in France (1968–2018)
1st Edition
By Emeline Jouve
May 27, 2026
Performing Paradise offers a groundbreaking reassessment of one of the most influential yet misunderstood theatrical experiments of the twentieth century. This illuminating study delves deep into the aesthetic and cultural significance of the Living Theatre's revolutionary production "Paradise Now,...
Religion, Performances, and Democracy: Challenges to Cultural Freedom in South Asia (1940s-Present)
1st Edition
Edited
By Manujendra Kundu
May 27, 2026
Religion, Performances, and Democracy examines how religion has profoundly influenced the socio‑political and cultural landscape of South Asia, shaping identities, public and private spaces, and social relationships over centuries. This book delves into the intricate intersections of religion, ...
Perform Design Act: Performance Design Provocations
1st Edition
By Dorita Hannah, Olav Harsløf, Jon McKenzie
May 25, 2026
Perform Design Act is a groundbreaking reflection on two decades of Performance Design as a transformative interdisciplinary field, challenging conventional approaches to creative practice and event-making. This illuminating collection examines the evolution and impact of Performance Design since ...
Arabs, Politics, and Performance
1st Edition
Edited
By Roaa Ali, George Potter, Samer Al-Saber
May 22, 2026
This book is a ground-breaking collection on contemporary Arab theatre. Through three sections discussing occupation and resistance, diaspora, migration, and refugees, and nationalism and belonging, this study provides nuanced responses to the contested points of intersection between Arab...
Beyond Innocence: Children in Performance
1st Edition
By Adele Senior
May 22, 2026
On a global platform we are witnessing the increased visibility of the people we call children and teenagers as political activists. Meanwhile, across the contemporary performance landscape, children are participating as performers and collaborators in ways that resonate with this figure of the ...
Deviations in Contemporary Theatrical Anthropology: New Myths and Performative Rituals between XR, Robots and AI
1st Edition
By Ester Fuoco
May 22, 2026
This book refers to the artistic deviation from dominant goals in a social system or from means considered legitimate in that system. This book explores a "New Humanism" in the performing arts, unique in the sense of human's ability to co-create and communicate beyond spatial and temporal ...
Performing Human Consciousness: A Philosophical Investigation into the Staging of the Mind
1st Edition
By Vanessa Dodd
May 22, 2026
Is the mind like a theatrical performance? This comparison has often been used as a conceptual tool by neuroscientists, philosophers and psychologists in trying to understand what constitutes the human mind, and in particular how the comings and goings and the character transformations on the stage...
The Adaptable Degree: How Education in Theatre Supports the Economy of The Future
1st Edition
By Melanie Dreyer-Lude
May 22, 2026
This book utilized a mixed-methods research study of the career experiences of theatre graduates in the U.S. to provide data on employment patterns and job satisfaction. With a population of over 1,000 participants, this study examined where graduates were working, how their careers had changed ...