The Uncapturable

<i>The Uncapturable</i> is a wide-ranging reflection on the art of the <i>mise en sc¿</i> from the perspective of leading Argentinian theatre director Rub¿Szuchmacher. It offers a timely and concise, though comprehensive, survey of the role and responsibility of the theatre director from the earliest times to the twenty-first century. Szuchmacher defines theatre as the confluence of four art forms - architecture, visual art, sound and literature - whose works only truly exist in the moment of encounter with an audience. He argues that, by taking full account of these four art forms, analysing them in detail and engaging thoughtfully with the many specialists who come together to bring a <i>mise en sc¿</i> into being, the director of today can still create work that innovates and inspires. <i>The Uncapturable</i> is as valuable to the apprentice director emerging from their training as it is to the veteran in need of fresh reflection. Szuchmacher draws on the unique learnings gleaned fr