There remains a significant gap in the scholarly literature on the processes, benefits and
challenges of digital engagement in the arts. This article presents and critically analyses the …

'Actors always talk about what the audience does. I don't understand, we are just sitting
here.'Audience as Performer proposes that in the theatre, there are two troupes of …

This article presents the findings of an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
funded project carried out from September 2013 to March 2014 by five researchers at the …

The Routledge Dictionary of Contemporary Theatre and Performance provides the first
authoritative alphabetical guide to the theatre and performance of the last 30 years …

This paper discusses possible correspondences between neuroscientific findings and
phenomenologically informed methodologies in the investigation of kinesthetic empathy in …

Researchers who seek to capture and analyse audiences' responses are facing a dilemma.
In a political climate beleaguered by efforts to delegitimize expertise, what are the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how researchers in the field of arts
marketing are gradually abandoning the traditional marketing concept in order to respond to …

Performance in the digital age has undergone a radical shift in which a once ephemeral art
form can now be relived, replayed and repeated. Until now, much scholarship has been …

Participatory performance enables audiences to make changes and contribute to the work,
which means that their experience and responses become part of the aesthetic of the …

Arts impact evaluation is the subject of widespread criticism, ranging from a detailed critique
of methodology to a wholesale rejection of the very purpose of the endeavour. In particular, it …