Heroes with their Hands in the Air: Memory and Commemoration in the Contemporary Documentary Theater

• Main Author: McCormick, Sheila
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Bloody Sunday; Northern Ireland; theatre of testimony; memory; commemoration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss21/29; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1525/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n21_2022_2013_202014_5D_205.8_ForumKritika_McCormick.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Documentary theatre has the capacity to confront and challenge its audience; however, there are occasions when examples from the genre avoid confrontation. These examples might not promote ideas consistent with the political status quo; neither, however, do they challenge it. This paper examines the...