Memos From a Theatre Lab - Exploring What Immersive Theatre ''Does''

What does Immersive Theatre 'do'?

By contrasting two specific performances on the same theme - one an 'immersive' experience and the other a more conventional theatrical production - Nandita Dinesh explores the ways in which theatrical form impacts upon actors and audiences. An in-depth case study of her work Pinjare (Cages) sets out the 'hows' and 'whys' of her specific aesthetic framework. Memos from a Theatre Lab places Dinesh's practical work within the context of existing analyses of Immersive Theatre, using this investigation to generate an underpinning theory of how Immersive Theatre works for its participants.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter One: The Framework

Chapter Two: The Two Performances

Chapter Three: The Data & the Spectators

Chapter Four: The Data & the Actors

Conclusions

About the author

Nandita Dinesh teaches Theatre Arts and is Associate Director at the Bartos Institute for the Constructive Engagement of Conflict at the United World College, New Mexico.

Summary

What does immersive theatre ‘do’?By contrasting two specific performances on the same theme - one an 'immersive' experience and the other a more conventional theatrical production - Nandita Dinesh explores the different ways in which theatrical form impacts upon actors and audiences. An in-depth case study of her w

Product details

• Authors: Nandita Dinesh, Dinesh Nandita
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367736576
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73657-6
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, ART / Performance, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, Theatre Studies, Theatre: technical & background skills, Performance Art, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre: technical and background skills, Theatre direction and production