Outrapo stands for "Ouvroir de tragicomédie potentielle", which translates roughly as "
workshop
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of
potential
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tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragedy, tragic and comedy, comic forms. Most often seen in drama, dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the ov ...
". It was founded in
London
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, in 1991, and it seeks to mine the potentialities of stage performance, using new or preexistent constraints.
The members, by order of entry in scene are:
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Stanley Chapman
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Milie von Bariter
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Cosima Schmetterling
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Jean-Pierre Poisson
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Anne Feillet
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Felix Pruvost
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Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard (; born , 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and politi ...
See also
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Theatrical constraints
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Ouxpo
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Oulipo
References
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External links
Outrapo website (in French)Outrapo Youtube channel*
' by
Stanley Chapman
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Censorship as Liberation' by
Milie von Bariter
'Pataphysics
Alternative theatre
Experimental theatre