This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training.

This volume brings together contemporary plays from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and South Africa, the Caribbean, South East Asia and India - countries which have all experienced Imperialism. Chosen for their response (whether thematic or performative) to imperialism, the plays explore key issues such as gender, race, class, the body, history and ethnicity. The playwrights range from the well-known to the previously unpublished, and a wide range of performance styles are represented, from realism, popular theatre and comedy, to ritual and politics. The book includes a general...