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A theatre practitioner is a person or theatre company that creates practical work or theories to do with performance and theatre. The list of theatre practitioners is constantly changing and evolving, as people are always creating new work and coming up with new thoughts and methodologies for theatre and performance. Examples of theatre practitioners include (but are by no means limited to):

• Steven Berkoff
• Graeae Theatre Company
• Handspring Puppet Company
• Kneehigh
• Katie Mitchell

Why study practitioners?

Looking at how theatre has changed, developed and progressed over time can be very useful for helping to shape ideas of what to devise (the subject matter) and how to do it (the form and style).

When devising a piece of original theatre in response to a stimulus, using the techniques of an influential theatre practitioner, or the characteristics of a genre or performance style, can be a helpful way to problem-solve. It can also help to make the design and performance coherent. Any practitioner chosen should be researched in detail and explored in terms of performance or design, or both.