Memos from a Theatre Lab: Exploring what immersive theatre 'does' (Routledge Focus)

Nandita Dinesh

ISBN 10: 1138219185 / ISBN 13: 9781138219182

Published by Routledge 2016-12-06, 2016

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 6666-TNFPD-9781138219182

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memos from a Theatre Lab: Exploring what immersive theatre 'does' (Routledge Focus)
• Publisher: Routledge 2016-12-06
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138219185
• ISBN 13: 9781138219182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

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.