»This volume is [ …] understood [best] as the presentation of an ongoing process in which Chinese and other Asian artists and theorists try to articulate their practices through European, mainly German, concepts. Tuchmann, as an avid observer and keen advocate, offers his dramaturgical interpretation of a process that is still rapidly unfolding and reshaping itself. The value of this volume lies in its reciprocal resonance ‒ not as an ultimate verdict where exchange ceases but as a starting point where future conversations ensue.«

Kai Tuchmann graduated in directing from Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. He works as a dramaturge, director, and academic. His internationally showcased documentary theatre explores themes like the afterlife of China's Cultural Revolution, urbanization's impact on migrant workers, and the body's role in digital contexts. His works have been featured at renowned festivals and venues such as Zürcher Theaterspektakel, Kunstfest Weimar, Festival d'Automne Paris, and documenta institute. He has served as a visiting professor at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, where he co-developed the BA Dramaturgy program. A Fulbright Scholar, he researched dramaturgy at CUNY's Graduate Center and worked as a curator for the Ludics Seminar at Harvard University.

Frontmatter I
Content V
Acknowledgments IX
Foreword XI
Introduction 1
Rethinking Theatricality 33
Hans-Thies Lehmann's Postdramatic Theatre and the New Aesthetics of Juchang 47
There Is No Empty Space on Earth 55
WORLD FACTORY 67
How to Work With Things That Really Happened 95
STOLPERSTEINE STAATSTHEATER—Documentary Theatre 105
RED—A Documentary Performance 157
From the Red Detachment to the Women: A Postscript 177
Don't Be Yourself. Notes on the Impossibility of Documentary 183
HAMLET 203
Practice of Theatre—Rehearsal of Life 225
LOVE STORY 243
Shame and Power A Critical Conversation on the Postdramatic Condition 269
Biographies 287
List of Figures and Online Resources 293