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Do It Yourself: Making political theatre

Paperback by Common/Wealth

Do It Yourself: Making political theatre

£14.99

ISBN:
9781526192974
Publication Date:
23 Sep 2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Pages:
360 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 - 23 Sep 2026
Do It Yourself: Making political theatre

Description

A unique guide to creating political theatre, produced by one of the UK's most exciting companies. Do It Yourself is a vital resource for anyone interested in exploring theatre culture grounded in and produced by working-class communities. Designed for artists, activists and community organisers, the book offers a step-by-step guide to creating political theatre that is relevant, impactful and rooted in the lives of everyday people. Common/Wealth have spent fifteen years working at the cutting edge of political theatre. In Do It Yourself, they share their experimental and activist approach to performance-making, based on DIY principles and the belief that ground-breaking theatre can be made with anyone, anywhere, in ways that truly resonate with the communities it serves. Do It Yourself introduces Common/Wealth's artistic and political ethos, provides unique insights into their most significant performances and offers practical exercises for creating your own work. But this is not just a manual. It is a celebration of culture as a collective endeavour, one that can challenge the status quo and inspire change.

Contents

Foreword Why we wrote this book Common/Wealth Manifesto In Common Making Works Afterword Index

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