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"In this rich memoir, the first of two volumes, Paul Farmer traces the story of A39, the Cornish political theatre group he co-founded and ran from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Farmer offers a unique insight into A39's creation, operation, and artistic practice during a period of convulsive political and social change. The reader is plunged into the national miners' strike and the collapse of Cornish tin mining, the impact of Thatcherism and 'Reaganomics', and the experience of touring Germany on the brink of reunification, alongside the influence on A39 of writers Bertolt Brecht, John McGrath and Keith Johnstone. Farmer, a former bus driver turned artistic director, details the theatre group's inception and development as it fought to break down social barriers, attract audiences, and survive with little more than a beaten-up Renault 12, a photocopier and two second-hand stage lights at its disposal: the book traces the progress from these raw materials to the development of an integrated community theatre practice for Cornwall. Farmer's candour and humour enliven this unique insight into 1980s theatre and politics. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in theatre history, life in Cornwall, and the relationship between performance and society during a turbulent era."--Publisher's website.

Agitprop theater --- Workers' theater --- History

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The six films on this DVD edition are powerful examples of how cinema and filmmaking have engaged in the struggle against colonial oppression and in the momentous task of decolonizing a world marked by centuries of European hegemony over large parts of the Global South. If “Specters of Freedom” refers to the spectral and unruly nature of all films, particularly when they are taken out of an archive and brought back to life, the title also suggests that the colonial past keeps haunting our present. The political and poetic verve of these films – publicly released here for the first time on DVD – is anything but outdated.

Réalisatrice --- Colonialisme --- Conflit --- Expérimental-essai --- Reenactment --- Found footage --- Agitprop --- Ethnologie --- Politique --- Afrique --- Mozambique --- Algérie --- Sénégal --- Angola

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Agitprop theater --- Germany --- Berlin (Germany) --- Workers' theater --- History --- 20th century --- Theater --- Political aspects --- Brecht, Bertolt --- Criticism and interpretation --- Agitprop theater - Germany - Berlin. --- Workers' theater - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century. --- Theater - Political aspects - Germany - Berlin - 20th century. --- Brecht, Bertolt (1898-1956) --- Théâtre d'agit-prop --- Théâtre --- Théâtre prolétarien --- Critique et interprétation --- Allemagne --- Berlin (Allemagne) --- Histoire et critique --- 20e siècle --- Aspect politique

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During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, amateur theater groups sprang up in cities across the country. Workers, peasants, students, soldiers, and sailors provided entertainment ranging from improvisations to gymnastics and from propaganda sketches to the plays of Chekhov. In Revolutionary Acts, Lynn Mally reconstructs the history of the amateur stage in Soviet Russia from 1917 to the height of the Stalinist purges. Her book illustrates in fascinating detail how Soviet culture was transformed during the new regime's first two decades in power.Of all the arts, theater had a special appeal for mass audiences in Russia, and with the coming of the revolution it took on an important role in the dissemination of the new socialist culture. Mally's analysis of amateur theater as a space where performers, their audiences, and the political authorities came into contact enables her to explore whether this culture emerged spontaneously "from below" or was imposed by the revolutionary elite. She shows that by the late 1920s, Soviet leaders had come to distrust the initiatives of the lower classes, and the amateur theaters fell increasingly under the guidance of artistic professionals. Within a few years, state agencies intervened to homogenize repertoire and performance style, and with the institutionalization of Socialist Realist principles, only those works in a unified Soviet canon were presented.

Amateur theater --- History. --- Amateur plays --- Amateur theatricals --- Nonprofessional theater --- Women in amateur theatricals --- Amusements --- Theater --- Little theater movement --- History and criticism --- History --- Amateur theater - Soviet Union - History --- theatre --- socialist realism --- amateur theatre --- agitprop --- Russian revolution --- Soviet Union --- Leningrad Theatre of Working Class Youth

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Puppet theater --- Street theater --- Theater and society --- Theater --- Workers' theater --- Actors --- Society and theater --- Labor theater --- Proletariat theater --- Agitprop theater --- Puppet shows --- Puppetry --- Puppets and puppet-plays --- Political aspects --- Social status --- Social aspects --- Welfare State (Theater company) --- Welfare State International (Theater company) --- Welfare State Theatre Company (Burnley, Lancashire) --- WSI (Theater company) --- Theatrical science --- anno 1970-1979 --- anno 1980-1989 --- England --- theatergeschiedenis --- Welfare State International