Talk:Physical theatre

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[edit] UK-centric

I think this article is a little UK-centric.

e.g. "A good place to see excellent eastern-european physical theatre companies without travelling to Eastern Europe is at the Edinburgh Fringe - particularly at Aurora Nova@St Stephen’s, a fringe venue found in St Stephens church."

So where would be a good place to see UK-style physical theatre without travelling to Western Europe? And is this church a generally renowned physical theatre venue, or is this an individual POV?

[edit] In answer

The Edinburgh international festival is one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) arts festivals in the world. During the festival theatre venues spring up all over the city in any place big enough to hold an audience (and quite a few places that aren't) and the Aurora Nova@St Stephen's is very well renowned within the theatre profession as an excellent place to see this sort of work. Given that Edinburgh is known globally amongst artists as one of the few truly international arts festivals I don't think referencing it makes this uk-centric. However, I can see other ways in which the article has been written from a UK-centred perspective, but then the term "physical theatre" was first used widespreadly in the theatre profession within the UK.