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theatre in decay is an independent theatre company operating in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 2000 by Robert Reid and Anniene Stockton. theatre in decay is a multi-award winning independent theatre company, which has produced over 30 unfunded original shows in various locations, in venues such as Arts Centre Melbourne, The Store Room, La Mama and Theatreworks, as well as pubs, subways, hotel bedrooms, city rooftops, alleys and inside cars parked on the street.〔http://canvas.e-p.net.au/home/stimulate/218-dead-or-dormant〕 ==History== Theatre in Decay had its most active period between 2000 – and 2004 during which time it produced 23 full-scale productions, two cabaret-style reviews, two performance installations, two art exhibitions and two ‘zines. In the years following this period theatre in decay toured two of their most acclaimed shows to Adelaide Fringe and produced a multi-award winning puppet show for the Short and Sweet 10 minute play festival.〔http://www.shortandsweet.org/shortsweet/melbourne/2005〕 Frustrated with the amount and quality of new Australian theatre being produced at the time, Stockton and Reid formed theatre in decay as a direct response to what they saw as an industry wide malaise. In their original 2000 manifesto, entitled "This isn’t Art, it’s War",〔http://www.girlofyesteryear.com/reception.html〕 they declared “We believe that theatre has nothing to do with money. That live performance is much more than just pretty costumes and impressive sets. Theatre can happen anywhere, all it needs is an audience.” Together they developed a style of working specifically tailored to the chaotic environment of pub band stages and urban environments. Reid was quoted in an interview for stageleft being denied access to the stages of the world turned "entire cities into our stage.〔http://www.stageleft.com.au/features/anarchy.html〕” Stylistically its focus is on audience relationship and engagement. Drawing variously on performative techniques of direct address, puppetry, bouffant clowning combined with poor theatre and Brechtian staging techniques, and site specific works they have developed a unique and distinctive style. theatre in decay was an early and widely recognised company amongst the independent theatre community in Melbourne contemporary with companies such as Stuck Pigs Squealing, Theatre@Risk, and (Red Stitch Actors ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theatre in Decay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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