Complicite, Theatre and Aesthetics ─ From Scraps of Leather

Thisbook presents a pioneering critical study of Complicite’s work throughout theyears. Drawing on an extensive overview of the available research material –including interviews, manuscripts and the company’s own archive – the book isframed within a clearly defined research perspective and explores the singularityof theatre communication. The book results from an encounter between theLondon-based – but cosmopolitan in scope – company, and a fresh application ofthe form-oriented scholarship of Eastern Europe, Yuri Lotman’s semiosphere inparticular. Focused on the aesthetics of Complicite, this study achieves acritical distance and undertakes multidimensional scrutiny of the availableresearch material. By identifying the principles of Complicite’s aesthetics, thebook attempts to grasp the company’s artistic paradigm. It focuses on ways of creating, preserving, anddecoding meanings, rather than on the nuances of performance or contextual issues.
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