Applied Theatre: Economies

Molly Mullen is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education and Social Work. She has produced theatre education, youth theatre and community arts projects in the UK and New Zealand.

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 11 A narrowing sphere: Economization and applied theatre2 Tangled webs: Applied theatre and the economy3 The economies of applied theatre4 Applied theatre and new cultural economiesPart 25 Autogestión, conviction, collectivity and Plans A to Z: Colectivo Sustento in continuous resistance Penelope Glass, Colectivo Sustento, Chile6 Foundation funding: The pedagogies of applied theatre projects in two Toronto theatres Anne Wessels, Director of Education, Tarragon Theatre, Canada, and Lois Adamson, Director of Education, Stratford Festival, Canada7 Waiting on a miracle: The precarious state of the everyday in applied theatre Peter O’Connor, University of Auckland, NZ, and Briar O’Connor, Managing Director of ATCo, UK8 A difficult fit: The economic actions of FM Theatre Power in Hong KongMolly Mullen, University of Auckland, NZ, and Bonnie Y. Y. Chan, FM Theatre Power, China9 The Long Tail/Tale: Seven thought-provoking mind-sets to reframe your applied theatre practices Paul Sutton, Artistic Director of C&T, UK10 The ROOTS of US applied theatre economies Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, University of Texas, USA11 The theatre dividend: Reflecting on the value of a theatre and social housing partnership in Bolton (UK) Ben Dunn, University of Manchester, UK, and Jenny Hughes, University of Manchester, UKAfterwordEndnotesSelect Bibliography

Molly Mullen’s Applied Theatre: Economies is an insightful contribution that further troubles simplistic binaries framing socially engaged theatre and the ways in which it might negotiate the neoliberal economy while maintaining ethical, intellectual and aesthetic integrity. This book provides inspiring examples of how artists and companies can successfully negotiate the dichotomies of self-interest vs altruism.