At a time when the relation between art and society is under permanent scrutiny, the utterance What can theatre do serves as an open invitation for artists and thinkers alike to reimagine the potential agency of the performing arts.  

From fictional interviews to recipes, social-​media exchanges to dramaturgical texts, theoretical essays to artistic interventions, the contributions gathered in the book are a diverse and multifaceted collection of dialogues. These interventions are singular and unique but share concerns and desires about the politicality of theatre as a realm where possible alternative realities can be enacted and potential future scenarios can be collectively rehearsed. 

Book presentation with Silvia Bottiroli and Annalisa Sacchi, moderated by Edoardo Lazzari.

The event is in collaboration with PerLa | Performance Epistemologies Research Lab, IUAV.

Free entry. 

Attendance to the meetings of PerLa grants 2 ECTS credits for Master's students in Visual Arts and Theatre and Performing Arts.

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