| Description |
208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Genesis: The Preshow Chat -- The Beginning Years of Theatresports: Can You All Speak in One Voice? -- Spreading Out A Word at a Time: Theatresports Grows Beyond Calgary -- Speaking in Gibberish: Theatresports Goes Worldwide -- She Said, He Said: Women in Theatresports -- Ask For: Favourite Games -- An Open Challenge: Other Roles -- Advancing the Action: The Future of Theatresports |
| Summary |
Something Like a Drug chronicles the growth of one of the most significant theatrical movements to come out of Canada in the last half century - theatresports. A "drug," a "buzz," a "kick," "instantaneous storytelling," "gladiatorial improvisation" - theatresports has been described as these and more. In the words of those who participated in the growth of this curious sports and improvisational theatre hybrid, Something Like Drug looks at how theatresports first sprang to life and how over the period of a decade, it has grown into a sprawling international league spanning four continents and encompassing many thousands of improvisors |
| Subject |
Improvisation (Acting)
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| Author |
Martini, Clem.
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Foreman, Kathleen, 1958-
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| LC no. |
95014873 |
| ISBN |
0889951225 paperback |
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0887349188 paperback alkaline paper |
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