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Experimental theatre occurs as general term for various movements within American theatre that began in the 20th century as a reaction against a so-dominant conventions governing the writing & production of drama, & against naturalism in particular. A term hwhen shifted across instance as a mainstream theatre globe has adopted numerous forms that were it used to be that considered radical. These are utilized around interchangeably using a term avant-garde theatre.

Understand likewise: History of theatre.

Genres and movements
Improvisational theatre Performance art Street theatre Theatre of the Absurd

Key figures

Writers
Antonin Artaud (Theatre of Cruelty) Bertolt Brecht (Epic Theatre) Jean Cocteau Dario Fo

Directors
Peter Brook Andre Gregory Jerzy Grotowski (Poor Theatre) Elizabeth LeCompte Vsevolod Meyerhold (Biomechanics) Ariane Mnouchkine

Groups

United Kingdom
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United States
Big Art Group Bread and Puppet Theater The Living Theatre Mabou Mines The Open Theater Playhouse of the Ridiculous The Wooster Group

NYU's Experimental Theatre Wing
The Experimental Theatre Wing is dedicated to initiating students into the artistic process through the medium of theatre. Their training is diverse and well rounded and their alumni (and students) create some of the most interesting performance around.

Theatre Forum
Since 1992, has documented and discussed the work of innovative theatre artists in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas. Focus is on new performance works that reflect contemporary sensibilities and articulate new concepts and forms. Each issue includes at least two previously unpublished scripts, dozens of photographs, and a variety of articles and interviews written by both scholars and artists.

AlternativeTheater.com
An internationally oriented, multilingual resource for theater practitioners, producers, students and professors. The site provides information on funding, job opportunities, and gatherings for scholars, and artist as well as the abundant activity of worthwhile but little known theater artists across the globe. It will also aim to stimulate the discourse about some of the more established artists, living and deceased, who continue to motivate the experimenters of today.

Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award
To help the development of emerging practitioners in the field of experimental theatre and to encourage a new generation of creative artists.

Teatre Virtual
In its different levels of realization, this is a space for the experimentation and dissemination of the Internet as a new creative platform for the scenic arts.

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