Acts of service: Spontaneity, commitment, tradition in the nonscripted theatre

by Jonathan Fox

Acts of Service provides a rationale for contemporary, interactive, nonscripted theatre and connects it to the earliest forms of storytelling. There are chapters on spontaneity, improvisational performance, and theatre for social ecology. The author draws upon his experience as founder of Playback Theatre, an improvisational story theatre, oral studies, psychodrama, and years spent in the third world.

283 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2003