Theater/Remixed: The Embers of Pre-dramatic Performance, ed. by R. Menzies

Performance is more than theatre—it’s how we shape meaning, express identity, and navigate the world. From ancient rituals to digital performance, the history of theatre reveals the evolving ways we embody ideas, challenge power, and create community. Rethinking Performance History in this way offers a fresh, interactive approach to studying performance across time, making historical concepts tangible and relevant for contemporary learners.

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The series offers a fresh, interactive approach to studying performance across time, making historical concepts tangible and relevant for contemporary learners.

In This Guide:

• Fundamental Components of Performance – Explore how performance functions in rituals, daily behaviors, and theatrical traditions, bringing meaning and cohesion to our physical and social worlds.

• Hexagonal Thinking Cards – A hands-on tool for sparking discussion, mapping connections, and generating original perspectives on theatre history.

• Engaging Topics & Themes – Connect performance history to identity, politics, activism, and technological change.

• Project & Presentation Ideas – Encourage students to creatively investigate and reimagine historical performances through practical assignments and research-driven explorations.

• Comparative Approaches – Analyze how different cultures and periods use performance to shape reality, from sacred ceremonies to avant-garde experiments.

Designed for educators, students, and theatre practitioners, Rethinking Performance History transforms performance studies into an active, inquiry-based experience. This guide empowers learners to see history not as a series of distant events but as a living, breathing continuum of human expression.

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