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Show You Do You: a Theoretical Exploration of Audience Agency in Theatre Kali Scott Department of Theatre Kali Scott CASE STUDIES Curious On the Scent placelessness.com HOW DOES THE AUDIENCE RELATE TO… ABSTRACT How is audience agency implemented in today's theatre? What elements are used in this type of performance? How do audiences react to such experiences? Punchdrunk Sleep No More stageandcinema.com • • • • Story Performers Other Audience Members Rules INTRODUCTION REFERENCES AGENCY: "the ability or capacity to act or exert power" 1 in IMMERSIVE THEATRE: "[t]he lines between performer and audience and between performance and life are blurred[;] [t]he audience is placed within the environment of the story and therefore play witness front and [center] to the events without the distancing factor of a proscenium" 2 CoLab Theatre CROOKS case studies on various theatre companies and practitioners who have experimented-or are experimenting-with audience/performer relationships, especially in terms of agency ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Katryna Williams METHOD Ontroerend Goed Internal theguardian.com Taylor Mac A 24-Decade History of Popular Music newyorktheatre.me • 1. Oxford English Dictionary. www.oed.com • 2. The Space. space.org.uk • Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell - Thesis Faculty Supervisor • Tim Slover - Honors Faculty Advisor • Devin Sheridan - Interviewed about Sleep No More • Katryna Williams - Interviewed about CROOKS • Julie Rada and Curtis Russell - Book Recommendations |
