Performance, Medicine and the Human

by Alex Mermikides

Book Overview

Performance and medicine are now converging in unprecedented ways. London's theatres reveal an appetite for medical themes - John Boyega is subjected to medical experiments in Jack Thorne's Woycek, while Royal National Theatre produces a novel musical about cancer. At the same time, performance-makers seek to improve our health, using dance to increase mobility for those living with Parkinson's disease or performance magic as physiotherapy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350235997
• ISBN13: 9781350235991
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"