Postigo, Alejandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-8953 (2022) Musical theatre Brexit: the future of Anglo-centric musical theatre training. In: IFTR, 20 - 24 Jun 2022, Iceland.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

The last decade has seen a progressive increase of international students joining Musical Theatre training programs in the UK. The attractive of UK institutions often relies on the Anglo-dominance of the sector, as the crossovers of the West End and Broadway present tempting opportunities for international students to try and find a future in these dominant industries. However, foreign students often face strong barriers that hinder their learning experience and limit their professional opportunities upon graduation from these programs. Actor training often applies the acting industry’s practices, which discriminate, among others, on the grounds of accent (Willmott, 2015; Byrne, 2017a; Friedman, O’Brien & Lauriston, 2017) and native language (Espinosa & Ocampo Guzman, 2010).
This paper will explore the barriers that international actors face through pursuing musical theatre training in the UK, and are stigmatized by their foreign identity, often determined by their speech patterns as second-language users. While international students navigate their training fighting their cultural identities to assimilate and adapt to the norm of Anglo-centric musical theatre performance, current debates of decolonization of the curriculum suggest the need for actor-training to develop pedagogies that acknowledge and cater for second-language speakers. Thus, what is the future of multicultural musical theatre training?

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Performing arts
Related URLs:	https://iftr.org/media/5508/book-of-abst...
Depositing User:	Alejandro Postigo
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2025 14:41
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2025 14:41
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13451

Actions (login required)

View Item