Theatre Theorist Cards - 3 pack

Theatre Theorist cards - 3 pack

3 innovative sets of 52 playing cards serve as a creative classroom companion, designed to ignite and enrich the exploration of theatre theorists and their theories for drama and theatre students.

Each card showcases a unique insight from a global theatre practitioner, serving as a catalyst for practical exploration and enhanced understanding of this core area of the international theatre curriculum.

The cards are divided into four suits representing different aspects of theatre: ♦Spaces, ♣Performers, ♥Audiences, and ♠Ideas. The approaches of each theorist are articulated across these four categories, providing a broad and inspiring insight into their diverse performance-related theories.

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Set 1 - Story and Narrative Deck

This set of theorists has been grouped together based on their profound contributions to storytelling, narrative exploration, societal critique, and historical tradition. Each figure has left an indelible mark on theatre by delving into themes of truth, society, human experience, and the power of narrative to reflect and challenge the world around us.

• Antonin Artaud
• Augusto Boal
• Bertolt Brecht
• Peter Brook
• Michael Chekhov
• Dario Fo
• Scott Graham
• Lorraine Hansberry
• Keith Johnstone
• Konstantin Stanislavski
• Anna Deavere Smith
• Julie Taymor
• Wole Soyinka

Set 2 - Movement and Physical Theatre Deck

This set of theorists has been grouped together based on their focus on physical expression in performance. Their work emphasises the importance of body, gesture, movement, and voice. Each has significantly impacted theatre using physicality to dramatically enhance training, storytelling and emotional expression in performance.

• Anne Bogart
• Pina Bausch
• Steven Berkoff
• Étienne Decroux
• Philippe Gaulier
• Jerzy Grotowski
• Tatsumi Hijikata
• Rudolf Laban
• Jacques Lecoq
• Kristin Linklater
• Lloyd Newson
• Litz Pisk
• Tadashi Suzuki

Set 3 -  Production and Stage Design Deck

This group of theorists is unified by their innovative and imaginative use of stage design, production elements and the integration of technology to enhance storytelling and emotional impact. Each contributes to a shared vision of theatre as a visually immersive, intellectually stimulating and emotionally profound experience for audiences.

• Edward Gordon Craig
• Es Devlin
• Pamela Howard
• Tadeusz Kantor
• Ming Cho Lee
• Robert Lepage
• Simon McBurney
• Katie Mitchell
• Ariane Mnouchkine
• Hal Prince
• Josef Svoboda
• John Wright
• Robert Wilson

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