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−	The word [[alternative]], as found in terms like [[alternative theatre]], [[alternative performance]] and [[alternative culture]]), is a term used to refer to the evolution of the radical anti-mainstream and anti-commercial dance and theatre.	+	The word [[alternative]], as found in terms like [[alternative theatre]], [[alternative performance]] and [[alternative culture]]), is a term used to refer to the evolution of the radical anti-mainstream and anti-commercial dance and theatre, often termed [[experimental theatre]] as well.

	The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].		The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].

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 The word [[alternative]], as found in terms like [[alternative theatre]], [[alternative performance]] and [[alternative culture]]), is a term used to refer to the evolution of the radical anti-mainstream and anti-commercial dance and theatre.
-The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde|avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
+The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
 These theatres eschewed the form and content of mainstream theatre, instead experimenting with a wide variety of techniques, styles, and spaces for producing theatre that spoke to contemporary issues—civil rights and the Vietnam War being especially prominent—in a startling, and to many an offensive, manner.
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 Martha Schmoyer LoMonaco. Theatre and Social Justice (January 2020): Alternative, Radical Theatre[https://ala-choice.libguides.com/c.php?g=988298&p=7149318]
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_theatre
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 The word [[alternative]], as found in terms like [[alternative theatre]], [[alternative performance]] and [[alternative culture]]), is a term used to refer to the evolution of the radical anti-mainstream and anti-commercial dance and theatre.
-The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
+The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde|avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
 These theatres eschewed the form and content of mainstream theatre, instead experimenting with a wide variety of techniques, styles, and spaces for producing theatre that spoke to contemporary issues—civil rights and the Vietnam War being especially prominent—in a startling, and to many an offensive, manner.

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 The word [[alternative]], as found in terms like [[alternative theatre]], [[alternative performance]] and [[alternative culture]]), is a term used to refer to the evolution of the radical anti-mainstream and anti-commercial dance and theatre.
-The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
+The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant-garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
 These theatres eschewed the form and content of mainstream theatre, instead experimenting with a wide variety of techniques, styles, and spaces for producing theatre that spoke to contemporary issues—civil rights and the Vietnam War being especially prominent—in a startling, and to many an offensive, manner.

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+The term came into use in the Europe, Britain and the USA amid the political and social ferment of the 1960s and 1970s. Related to the earlier concept of [[political theatre]], it was one of a broad spectrum of terms thus applied, others being [[fringe theatre]], [[guerilla theatre]], [[avant garde theatre]], [[experimental theatre]], [[laboratory theatre]], [[workshop theatre]], and even [[community theatre]].
 These theatres eschewed the form and content of mainstream theatre, instead experimenting with a wide variety of techniques, styles, and spaces for producing theatre that spoke to contemporary issues—civil rights and the Vietnam War being especially prominent—in a startling, and to many an offensive, manner.
 Since so many of these alternative, radical theatres are rooted in populist theatrical traditions
 == Sources ==
 Encyclopedia Britannica. "Alternative theatre"[https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-theatre/Alternative-theatre]
 Moya Jones. Alternative Theatre in Britain in the Late 70s and in the 80s[https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/8407]

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	However, by the 1990s the term had gradually evolved to gain a wider and diverse set of meanings, more in line with international practice.		However, by the 1990s the term had gradually evolved to gain a wider and diverse set of meanings, more in line with international practice.

−	''For an historical overview of the evolution of alternative theatre in the country and some of the companies and venues involved, go to the '''[[South African Theatre/Overview\|Overview of South African Theatre]]'''''	+	''For an historical overview of the evolution of alternative theatre in the country and the names of some of the companies and venues involved, go to the '''[[South African Theatre/Overview\|Overview of South African Theatre]]'''''

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	However, by the 1990s the term had gradually evolved to gain a wider and diverse set of meanings, more in line with international practice.		However, by the 1990s the term had gradually evolved to gain a wider and diverse set of meanings, more in line with international practice.

−	''For an historical overview of the evolution of alternative theatre in the country and some of the companies and venues involved, go to the [[South African Theatre/Overview\|Overview of South African Theatre]]''	+	''For an historical overview of the evolution of alternative theatre in the country and some of the companies and venues involved, go to the '''[[South African Theatre/Overview\|Overview of South African Theatre]]'''''