Do It Yourself: Making Political Theatre

By Common Wealth

A unique guide to creating political theatre, produced by one of the UK's most exciting companies.

Do It Yourself is a vital resource for anyone interested in exploring theatre culture grounded in and produced by working-class communities. Designed for artists, activists and community organisers, the book offers a step-by-step guide to creating political theatre that is relevant, impactful and rooted in the lives of everyday people.

Common/Wealth have spent fifteen years working at the cutting edge of political theatre. In Do It Yourself, they share their experimental and activist approach to performance-making, based on DIY principles and the belief that ground-breaking theatre can be made with anyone, anywhere, in ways that truly resonate with the communities it serves.

Do It Yourself introduces Common/Wealth's artistic and political ethos, provides unique insights into their most significant performances and offers practical exercises for creating your own work. But this is not just a manual. It is a celebration of culture as a collective endeavour, one that can challenge the status quo and inspire change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526192977
• ISBN13: 9781526192974
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"