Immersive Theatre and Audience Experience Space, Game and Story in t
This book is the first full-length monograph to focus on Punchdrunk, the internationally-renowned theatre company known for its pioneering approach to immersive theatre. With its promises of empowerment, freedom and experiential joy, immersive theatr
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IMMERSIVE THEATRE AND AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE Space, Game and Story in the work of Punchdrunk
Immersive Theatre and Audience Experience
“Rose Biggin offers a richly nuanced model for understanding immersive practice that will be applicable well beyond the example of Punchdrunk. Interweaving theories of interactivity, aesthetics and ludology, the careful frame Biggin establishes lets her skilfully unpick the structures of theatre events and probe the nature of ‘immersion’ at the level of audience experience. Punchdrunk’s pioneering work emerges vividly in this discussion, with the author’s research into audience response demonstrating why their practice has drawn criticism as well as extraordinary devotion. This energetic, imaginative and intelligent study will be a catalyst for further scholarship in the field.” —Dr. Frances Babbage, Reader in Theatre and Performance, University of Sheffield, UK “Alongside the fascinating, in-depth study of the company, this volume offers us a new framework for analysing immersive experience in performance. This is something I can use in the studio with the next generation of theatre-makers, helping them think about how and why they might create immersive experiences.” —Professor Jane Milling, Associate Professor in Drama, University of Exeter, UK “This is a distinctive and very useful study, with detailed analysis and original theorisation, challenging as well as celebrating the work of this important company.” —Dr. Gareth White, Reader in Theatre and Performance, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London, UK
Rose Biggin
Immersive Theatre and Audience Experience Space, Game and Story in the Work of Punchdrunk
Rose Biggin Independent Scholar London, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-62038-1 ISBN 978-3-319-62039-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62039-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017944604 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publishe
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