African Theatre 7: Companies

Profiles theatre companies in Africa working creatively in the context of financial and political constraints.

A close scrutiny of how theatre companies operate is an often neglected aspect of theatre life in Africa, yet, as companies profiled here grapple with the issues of 'creativity and collaboration' much is revealed about the way theatre companies across the continent face the challenges of financial constraints, the political complications of sponsorship and funding, the need for creative or intellectual freedoms, the intricacies of contracts and the crucial decisions about venues and audiences.

Volume Editor: JAMES GIBBS, University of the West of England.
Series editors: Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan

The contributors include: DEXTER LYNDERSAY, FOLUKE OUGUNLEYE, SIRI LANGE, ALLY MKUMBILA, BRACCO CHITOSA, MANFRED LOIMEIR, LUCY RICHARDSON, CHRISTINE MATZKE, VICTOR S. DUGGA, PATRICK-JUDE OTEH, BASIL JONES, MICHAEL WALLING, BRITISH COUNCIL, JOS REPERTORY THEATRE.

Author: Martin Banham

Publisher: James Currey

Publication Date: Nov 20, 2008

Number of Pages: 192 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 184701500X

ISBN-13: 9781847015006