dramaturgy to make visible: the legacies of new dramaturgy for politics and performance in our times

This book argues that dramaturgy makes things visible and does so in two distinct and interrelating ways: creative processes and formal elements of performance are rendered visible and readable; and performance dramaturgy becomes an expanded practice in which performance is a locus for creating wide-ranging events and activities.

Peter Eckersall is a Professor in Performance Studies at the Graduate Centre, City University of New York and is an Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne. His research interests include Japanese performance, and dramaturgy and contemporary performance. Recent publications include, Okada Toshiki and Japanese Theatre, (coedited. Performance Research Books, 2021), Curating Dramaturgies (coedited, Routledge 2021), and New Media Dramaturgy: Performance, Media, and New-Materialism (coauthored Palgrave, 2017). He is cofounder and dramaturg of the Melbourne based performance group Not Yet It’s Difficult.