Rehearsing for Life

Cover -- Rehearsing for Life -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Theatre and Life: Theatre at the intersection of art, politics and international development -- Theatre and power in Nepal -- Aarohan Theatre Group and the growth of theatre in Nepal -- Field methods -- Ethnographic challenges -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- 2: Spacing Out to Speak Up: Resistance, protest and the emergence of street theatre -- Counterfeit worlds -- Cultural activism in Nepal -- The Rana period (1846-1951) -- The Panchayat time (1960-90) -- Into the streets: Theatre for political change -- Theatre with a mission -- Artists in the 1990 revolution -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- 3: The Streets Become the Stage: Performance, protest and theatre in a time of political crisis -- The performance of autocracy -- Silencing -- The Shah 'theatre state' -- The performance of dissent -- Jana Andolan II contentious performances -- The space of resistance: Closed streets and an open stage -- May 2005 - Ramesh in concert -- August 2005 - Shrawan Mukarung poetry reading -- November 2005 - Arjun Parajuli and Sisnupani Parivar programme -- The space of action: Loktantrik natak, or theatre for democracy -- New Baneshwor - January 2006 -- Gurukul - April 2006 -- Loktantrik natak - August 2006 -- SCENE ONE -- SCENE TWO -- SCENE THREE -- SCENE FOUR -- Doing theatre from the heart -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- 4: Kachahari Natak: Fragments of an aesthetics of theatre for social change -- Theatre in development: A background -- Kachahari natak -- Nepalizing forum theatre -- Mainstreaming kachahari natak -- Searching for a format: An 'urban forum' -- Issue-based kachahari: 'Child labour' -- The topic: Devising the frame -- The set: Choosing a location -- The frame performed -- Characterization -- Actors and directors