Global changes--local stages : how theatre functions in smaller european countries / / edited by Hans van Maanen, Andreas Kotte, and Anneli Saro.

• Superior document: Themes in theatre ; 5
• TeilnehmendeR: Kotte, Andreas.; Maanen, Hans van, 1950-; Saro, Anneli, 1968-
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in theatre ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (538 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Global Changes - Local Stages investigates the relationships between what happened the last twenty years on the ‘world stage’ and how theatre life developed on the local level. The subject has been approached from three different angles, each covered by one part of the book: “The Effects of Social Changes on Theatre Fields”, “Values in Theatre Politics” and “Localization of Theatrical Values”. The group of authors tries to find the links between these three areas. The book profits from the fact that the authors come from two sides of the former ‘Wall’. Twenty years after its fall, the transitional processes in countries of the former ‘Eastern Bloc’ can be compared, not only mutually, but also with the changes in the Western part of Europe. With its 537 pages Global Changes - Local Stages is the most extensive research of the possible relationships between cultural change, theatre politics and theatre life in smaller European countries.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Editors’ Preface -- About the Contributors -- Introduction / Anneli Saro -- National Theatres and the Construction of Identity in Smaller European Countries / S. E. Wilmer -- The Interaction of Theatre and Society: The Example of Estonia / Anneli Saro -- Between Inertia and Cultural Terrorism: Slovenian Theatre in Times of Crisis and Change / Barbara Sušec Michieli -- Changes in the Hungarian Theatre System / Zsófia Lelkes -- National Identity Embedded in an International Art Form: The Role of Opera in Estonian Culture / Kristel Pappel -- Internationalization and the Irish State’s Relationship with Theatre and Opera / Áine Sheil and Joshua Edelman -- Introduction / Hans van Maanen -- Artistic Diversity as a Political Objective / Louise Ejgod Hansen -- Becoming a Performing Arts Institution in Estonia / Ott Karulin -- Arts Planning in the Irish Theatre: A Cautionary Tale / Joshua Edelman -- Functioning of the Performing Arts in Urban Society: Political Views on Artistic Experience / Quirijn Lennert van den Hoogen -- Artist or Manager: Who Should Lead the Swiss City Theatres? / Mathias Bremgartner -- Introduction / Andreas Kotte -- Theatre and the Discourse on Subsidization / Andreas Kotte -- From Review to Preview: A Process of Rationalization in Mediating Theatre? / Pia Strickler -- Changing Frames of Social Spaces on the Hungarian Stage / Attila Szabó -- The Internationalization of Slovenian National Theatre Between 1989 and 1996: The SevenYears of Pandur Theatre / Maja Šorli -- How Theatre Buildings Condition the Realization of Values for Local Audiences / Marlieke Wilders -- How Theatrical Events Determine Theatre’s Functioning in Society / Hans van Maanen -- STEP on Stage: Studying Theatre Systems in Glocal Contexts / Quirijn Lennert van den Hoogen and Marlieke Wilders.