refers to a genre of theater called experimental theatre. Experimental theatre is closely associated with playwrights who experimented with non-traditional forms of theater i.e. theatre of the absurd, performance art, expressionism and surrealism.

Why does Theatre of the Absurd still speak to us today? We look at the origens of absurdist theatre, some of its most prominent playwrights and key texts.

Bobby Becker

Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi was banned after only two performances (one of which was the dress rehearsal). It really was that good.

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Theatre of the Absurd, dramatic work of certain European and American dramatists of the 1950s and early ’60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus’s assessment, in his essay ‘The Myth of Sisyphus,’ that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose.

Why does Theatre of the Absurd still speak to us today? We look at the origens of absurdist theatre, some of its most prominent playwrights and key texts.