Postdramatic Theatre and The Political Int. Perspectives... Edited by: karen Jurs-Munby, Jerome Carroll and Steve Giles The move away from conventionally 'dramatic' modes - focusing on character, story, plot and a fictional universe - has been one of the defining features of contemporary Western theatre in recent decades. But what implications does it have for the relationship between aesthetics and politics in new forms of theatre, playwriting, and performance? The chapters in this book discuss crucial aspects of the issues raised by the postdramatic turn in theatre, including: • the status of the audience and modes of spectatorship; • the political claims of postdramatic theatre; • its ongoing relationship with the dramatic tradition; • questions of representation and the real in theatre; • the role of bodies, perception and theatricality in postdramatic theatre; • subjectivity and agency in postdramatic theatre, dance and performance. Offering analyses of a wide range of international performance examples, scholars in this volume engage with Hans-Thies Lehmann's theoretical positions both affirmatively and critically...