Playing Your Role: identity and community-based performance in Contemporary Northern Ireland

Jennings, Matthew (2009) Playing Your Role: identity and community-based performance in Contemporary Northern Ireland. About Performance, 9. pp. 103-126. ISSN 1342-6089

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Abstract

In Northern Ireland, notions of identity and community are fraught. These categories were, and are still, potential fields of conflict. Traditional definitions of
identity and community are being challenged by new political structures and rapid changes to the cultural landscape. Arts practitioners and organisations negotiate
this landscape while struggling with the requirements of cultural policy, juggling ill-defined concepts of ‘empowerment’, ‘impact assessment’ and ‘standards of
excellence’. In such a context, experiences and outcomes on the ground test the boundaries of theoretical discourse.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	applied theatre, community drama, Northern Ireland
Subjects:	W400 Drama
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
Depositing User:	Matthew Jennings
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2012 09:08
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 19:42
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/9030

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