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24-629: (Redirected from Community Theater ) Community Theatre or Community Theater may refer to: Community theatre , the putting on of generally amateur theatre productions In the United States Community Theatre (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Arkansas Community Theater (Newburg, Missouri) , listed on

48-434: A Sunday Theatre Club (Cockpit Theatre Club) where she produced and directed a number of plays exploring the possibilities of this form of Open stage theatre, including a one-act of her own. Thereafter, Jellicoe used many of her plays to further explore her innovative ideas on theatre. In 1956, The Observer established a playwright's competition to find new talent. Jellicoe submitted The Sport of My Mad Mother , which won

72-414: A powerful, feminist myth about modern civilisation. Jellicoe revised the original 1958 version in 1962 to create a better play. The play's title derives from a Hindu religious saying: "All creation is the sport of my mad mother Kali" (a Hindu goddess). However, as most Londoners know, "the sport of me mad mother" is also a Cockney expression implying something highly unusual. Jellicoe's best known play

96-524: A prize in the competition. In writing this play Jellicoe applied many of the ideas she had learnt in her early years at Central School. The play was subsequently staged by the Royal Court Theatre and directed by George Devine and Jellicoe. Although originally a commercial failure, the play was later performed internationally in many languages. Set in a Cockney neighbourhood of London, it combines realism, mysticism, music, dance, and ritual to create

120-562: Is The Knack first performed at the Royal Court in 1962. A major hit, the play was later adapted into a film version which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes . Directed by Richard Lester ; the film's cast included Michael Crawford and Rita Tushingham . In it a group of young, London adults clash and commiserate about how to get "the knack" with the opposite sex. Jellicoe has also written plays for children. One of Jellicoe's most interesting works

144-644: Is a brief essay entitled, "Some Unconscious Influences in the Theatre." In a space of about thirty pages, she devises a number of complex yet common-sense theories which account for the reasons why audiences react to stage and screen as they do. In 1978, Jellicoe set up the Colway Theatre Trust to explore the concept of Community Plays: pioneering work which she continued to develop over the next ten years. Jon Oram became artistic director of Colway Theatre in 1985 – now called Claque Theatre. Colway Theatre Trust are

168-562: Is a tenet of modern church theatre. In addition to performing in the church itself, many parishes have halls for performances. In the nineteenth century, Christians in European and North American often performed plays in church halls or other rented spaces, often using the proceeds from donations and tickets for charity. Soviet initiatives like the Petrograd Politprosvet and Central Agitational Studio performed improvisational theatre in

192-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Community theatre There is a certain obligation that community theatre is held to because of the personal and physical connection to its own community and the people within that community. Community theatre is understood to contribute to the social capital of a community, insofar as it develops

216-485: The 1920s as a pedagogical project to tell stories about Marxist values and anti-capitalist enlightenment. In 1923, the Twelfth Communist Party Congress voted to support their work for the improvement of proletarian life. The performers rejected traditional forms of theatre and called themselves activists instead. Ann Jellicoe Patricia Ann Jellicoe OBE (15 July 1927 – 31 August 2017)

240-482: The 19th century and presented amateur performances every year since 1867. The American Association of Community Theatre represents community theatres in the U.S., its territories, and theatre companies with the overseas U.S. military services. Canada has an extensive network of amateur theatre groups known as community players, and many belong to provincial associations, as in Ontario, where many companies are members of

264-615: The Association of Canadian Theatres (ACT-CO). The alternative theatre movement, which had a nationalist focus when it emerged in Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s, produced a number of professional companies that focused on local communities and histories. Theatre Passe Muraille sent ensemble casts into rural communities to record local stories, songs, accents, and lifestyle. Their employment of collective creation served as an inspiration and spread across Canada. Passe Muraille facilitated

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288-705: The Colway Theatre Trust). After Mayne died in 2014, Jellicoe moved to West Bay in Dorset. Jellicoe herself died at the end of August 2017. Following list from Who's Who Community Plays: Writer, Director & Producer: Community plays by other writers: director and/or producer including: Howard Barker , David Edgar , Charles Wood , John Downie, Sheila Yeger, Andrew Dickson, Arnold Wesker , David Cregan, Nick Darke , Peter Terson and Jon Oram National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C1316/04) with Ann Jellicoe in 2008 for its The Legacy of

312-746: The Colway Theatre Trust, now known as the Claque Theatre and run by UK practitioner Jon Oram. Community theatre in the Netherlands came about either from professional radical people's theatre companies, or as an outgrowth of the theatre in education movement. The big theatre in the Netherlands which was created originally for theatre in education and subsequently community theatre, is the Stut Theatre. This theatre idea began in 1977 by Jos Bours and Marlies Hautvast, who when they first started creating plays at

336-764: The NRHP in Missouri Community Theatre (Kingston, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Ulster County, New York Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Community Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Theatre&oldid=929672112 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Lists of theatres Hidden categories: Short description

360-618: The Oppressed to take theatre to the people and create productions by and for specific communities. Second generation companies, such as Mixed Theatre Company (Toronto), and Stage Left Productions in Canmore, Alberta, continue this practice in the present day. Drawing on Brechtian and Forum Theatre techniques, and “making the invisible visible,” Stage Left has a long history as a grassroots group of “diverse artists and non-artists/catalysts of change who create pathways to systemic equity – in and through

384-616: The Stut Theatre, realized this kind of community theatre had a completely different approach from theatre in education. Community theatre in the United States was an outgrowth of the Little Theatre Movement , a reform movement which began in 1912 in reaction to massive Victorian melodramatic theatre spectacles. However, the country's oldest extant community theatre venue, Gates Hall in Pultneyville, New York, has existed since

408-674: The arts,” and their activities “promote equity & diversity, provide support services for still-excluded artists and community groups, and produce radical forms of Political Art." In Western Australia , there are a substantial number of community theatre groups who have banded together to form the Independent Theatre Association. The South Canterbury Drama League is a community theatre based in Timaru , New Zealand. Ecclesiastical communities often encourage theatrical productions, be they for youth or adults. The Christmas Play

432-460: The body of the standing audience. In 2000, Colway Theatre relocated to Kent in South East England and changed its name to Claque. The company is of international standing, run by Jon Oram who has written, produced or directed over 40 productions. In 1962, Jellicoe married the photographer Roger Mayne . They moved to Lyme Regis in Dorset in 1975, and lived at Colway Manor (hence the name of

456-523: The first production of Codco , which employed personal experiences of Newfoundland culture in their shows. The 1980s witnessed an unprecedented rise in “Popular Theatre” companies, such as Headlines Theatre (Vancouver), Company of Sirens (Toronto), and the Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba (Winnipeg), which utilized political theatre practices such agitprop, guerilla theatre, Brecht ’s epic theatre techniques, and Augusto Boal’s Theatre of

480-484: The founders of the Community Play genre. A community play as practised by Colway is the result of no less than 18 months work. They are original plays written for and about a specific community. The writer generally works with a community research team. Plays are traditionally performed in a promenade style where the audience and cast share the same space with action happening on stages around the edge of that space and in

504-776: The seminal theatre practitioner Augusto Boal developed a series of techniques known as the Theatre of the Oppressed from his work developing community theatre in Latin America . In Britain the term "community theatre" is sometimes used to distinguish theatre made by professional theatre artists with or for particular communities from that made entirely by non-professionals, which is usually known as " amateur theatre " or "amateur dramatics." Notable practitioners include Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop , John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan and their 7:84 company, Welfare State International , and Ann Jellicoe founder of

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528-611: The skills, community spirit, and artistic sensibilities of those who participate, whether as producers or audience members. It is used as a tool for social development , promoting ideas like gender equality , human rights , environment, and democracy. Participants might identify issues and discuss possible solutions. Such plays are rarely performed in traditional playhouses but rather staged in public places, traditional meeting spaces, schools , prisons , or other institutions, inviting an often spontaneous audience to watch. Partly inspired by Antonio Gramsci 's interpretation of culture,

552-530: The theatre. She attended Polam Hall School and Queen Margaret's School, York and studied performing arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama . This was followed by experience in repertory and fringe theatre. In 1949, she was commissioned to undertake an investigative study into the relationship between acting and theatre architecture; the finding of this study led her to the Open stage . Jellicoe established

576-573: Was an English playwright, theatre director and actress. Although her work covered many areas of theatre and film, she is best known for "pushing the envelope" of the stage play, devising new forms which challenge and delight unconventional audiences. As a result, her dramatic career is, in many ways, unique in the twentieth century. Jellicoe was born in Middlesbrough , Yorkshire in England in 1927 and from childhood showed an interest and an aptitude for

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