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Heather Fitzsimmons Frey is an assistant professor of Arts and Cultural Management at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her research focuses on arts and performance practices for / by / with young people.Nicola Hyland is a senior lecturer and Pouakorangi/Programme Director of the Theatre Programme at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on Indigenous performance, adaptive and hybrid dramaturgy, and devising methodologies.James McKinnon joined the faculty at Quest University Canada in 2018. His teaching and research focus on developing creative and conative skills through adaptation, devised performance, and storytelling.

• List of FiguresList of Tables1. Throw away the Book: Devising and Higher Education – Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Nicola Hyland and James McKinnon2. Up Top/Down Low: Devising and Higher Education in Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada – Heather Fitzsimmons Frey and Nicola HylandPART 1: DEVISING PEDAGOGY: TEACHING TRANSFERABLE TOOLS3. ‘The Science Behind the Poetry’: Articulating a Pedagogy for Devising in the Tertiary Sector – Lynne Bradley and Steph Kehoe4. Experiential Learning Theory as a Pedagogical Frame for Devising in the D12Dreaming Project – Sarah Peters5. Teaching the Cycles REPÈRE: A Conversation with Jacques Lessard – Gabrielle Houle6. ‘But I’m Not a Drama Teacher’: Devising Identity in Teacher Education Programmes – Kelsey Jacobson7. Teaching Devising for Young Audiences – Heather Fitzsimmons Frey 8. Devising in the Twenty-First-Century University: Contexts, Constraints and Creative Messiness – Glenn D’Cruz, Rea Dennis, Yoni Prior, Kate Hunter, Louise Morris with Mary Luckhurst (moderator)PART 2: DEVISING FRICTION: ENSEMBLES, INDIVIDUALS AND THE INSTITUTION9. Climate Change and Devising Theatre Landscapes: A Discussion on the Collaboration and Development ofan Ecocritical and Sustainable Performance – Linda Hassall10. Memories of the Future: The Problem of Devising Contested History in a University Context – Pedro Ilgenfritz and Paul Janman11. Devising ImPossibility: How to Turn an Early Modern Ending on Its Head in Celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Marriage Equality Act – Megan Evans12. Devising Exodus – James McKinnon13. We’re All on this Waka: Utilizing Māori Narrative Forms in Collaborative Devising – Nicola Hyland PART 3: DEVISING (BY) DEGREES 14. Devising with Empathy – Hannah Joyce Banks15. The Inside Project: Towards a ‘Universal’ Inclusive Theatre Devising Framework for Disabled andNon-Disabled Collaborators – Milly Cooper, Peter Copeman and Stacy Holman Jones16. The Many Hats of the Applied Theatre (Student) Facilitator: Devising Across the Whole Community – Anita Hallewas17. Working Together as One: Directing Devised Autobiographical Solo Performance – Sally RichardsPART 4: DEVISING BRIDGES: UNIVERSITY–COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT18. Giving – and Taking – Voice: Self-Devising Theatrical Performance with Learning-Disabled Actors – Tony McCaffrey19. Devising as Research: Challenging Power and Ethics in Methodology through the Onion Theatre Project –Taiwo Afolabi and Leah Tidey20. Working with Children: Intergenerational Devising Across Institutions – Kerryn Palmer21. Collaborating with Soldiers in Devising Contact!Unload – George Belliveau and Graham W. Lea22. Afterwards: A Conversation about Devising and Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic World – Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Nicola Hyland and James McKinnonNotes on Contributors