This book offers an insight into the political in the doctoral theatre research as it was presented at the 8th Conference of Doctoral Studies in Theatre Practice and Theory organized by the Theatre Faculty of Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in November 2017. It was the first conference focused on a particular topic, with politics and community engagement standing in the centre of everyone’s interest. The essays in the volume discuss domestic abuse against women in India, Polish participatory theatre, Slovenian independence, theatricality of terror, or immersive theatre. They reflect and analyse different cultural aspects and use diverse methodologies.