Theatre and Audience

By Helen Freshwater and Lois Weaver

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230210287
• ISBN13: 9780230210288
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 6.8"