Theatres of Learning Disability: Good, Bad, or Plain Ugly?

Winner of the TaPRA New Career Research in Theatre/Performance Prize 2016

This is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy. Hargrave provocatively realigns the - hitherto unvoiced - assumptions that underpin such practice and proposes that learning disabled artists have earned the right to full critical review.

Author: Matt Hargrave
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/04/2017
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781349700233

About the Author
Matt Hargrave is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Applied Theatre at the University of Northumbria, UK. As a writer and theatre practitioner he has worked with many leading theatres and cultural providers including Northern Stage, New Writing North, Mind the Gap, National Association of Youth Theatres, The Forge Arts and Education Agency, Helix Arts, Sheffield Crucible, Dead Earnest Theatre, and Arts Council England. His previous publications include articles in journals such as Theatre, Dance and Performance Training and Research in Drama Education.