Theatre, Education and Performance – The Map and the Story (Book Review)

Theatre, Education and Performance “The Map and the Story,” based its subtitle on Michel de Certeau’s book, The Practice of Everyday Life. In her latest text, Helen Nicholson, a professor of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, creates a mapping metaphor where theatre weaves together practical scholarship and creative practices. For Certeau and Nicholson, the map and the story represent contrasting knowledge. The map is official and disciplined knowledge, whereas the story is creativity and spontaneous knowledge.