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Alexandros Efklidis
This course aims to familiarise students with the history and methods of the Theatre of the Real. The Theatre of the Real, at present, covers an ever-expanding space in the field of performing arts and performance. Having its roots in the political theatre and historical avant-gardes, the Theatre of the Real has known a number of trends, methods and applications such as documentary theatre, verbatim theatre, theatre of the witness, courtroom theatre, non-fictional theatre, autobiographical theatre, site-specific theatre, ethnodrama, etc. The course presents the methods of the Theatre of the Real, while the practice focuses on those methods most frequently encountered in recent artistic production.