What does theatre do for – and to – those who witness, watch, and participate in it?
Theatre & Audience provides a provocative overview of the questions raised by theatrical encounters between performers and audiences. Focusing on European and North American theatre and its audiences in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it explores belief in theatre's potential to influence, impact and transform. Illustrated by examples of performance which have sought to generate active audience involvement – from Brecht's epic theatre to the Blue Man Group – it seeks to unsettle any simple equation between audience participation and empowerment. Foreword by Lois Weaver.
| Published | 16 Sep 2017 |
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| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 80 |
| ISBN | 9780230364608 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Series | Theatre And |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
