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Burbridge and Stevenson consider a single work of live theatre in the context of the present conflict in Israel/Palestine. They wrestle with the question of whether the experiences that a member of an audience might have in the imagined world of theatre can contribute to building peace in the real world. To answer this they focus upon a particular production, which sought to avoid using polemical, propagandist or “agitprop” theatre and instead explored the Palestinian/Israeli conflict through a series of tense familial and neighbour relations. They highlight how theatre can explore the ambiguity, messiness and unpredictablity of both staging a play and individual conflicts. By focusing upon theatre’s collaborative practices they show how theatre can become a safe space where difficult memories and dangerous ideas can be creatively explored.
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Burbridge, P., Stevenson, G. (2020). Peacebuilding and the Theatre Arts. In: Mitchell, J., Vincett, G., Hawksley, T., Culbertson, H. (eds) Peacebuilding and the Arts. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17875-8_19
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