Meaning in the Midst of Performance

Contradictions of Participation

Gareth White

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Routledge
27 May 2025

Theory of art; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Social & cultural history

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Being an audience participant can be a confusing and contradictory experience. When a performance requires us to do things, we are put in the situation of being both actor and spectator, of being part of the work of art while also being the audience who receives it, and of being both perceiving subject and aesthetic object. This book examines these contradictions – and many others – as they appear by accident and by design in increasingly popular forms of interactive, immersive, and participatory performance in theatre and live art.

Borrowing concepts from cognitive philosophy and bringing them into a conversation with critical theory, Gareth White sharply examines meaning as a process that happens to us as we are engaged in the problems and negotiations of a participatory performance.

This study will be of great interest to scholars and students of theatre and performance, intermedial arts and games studies, and to practising artists.

By: Gareth White
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032660967
ISBN 10: 1032660961
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 27 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Gareth White is Reader in Theatre and Performance at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK.