<P>This is a comprehensive overview of contemporary European theatre and performance as it enters the third decade of the twenty-first century. It combines critical discussions of key concepts, practitioners, and trends within theatre-making, both in particular countries and across borders, that are shaping European stage practice. </P><P>With the geography, geopolitics, and cultural politics of Europe more unsettled than at any point in recent memory, this book¿s combination of national and thematic coverage offers a balanced understanding of the continent''s theatre and performance cultures. Employing a range of methodologies and critical approaches across its three parts and ninety-four chapters, this book¿s first part contains a comprehensive listing of European nations, the second part charts responses to thematic complexes that define current European performance, and the third section gathers a series of case studies that explore the contribution of some of Europe¿s foremost the