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In this artist’s contribution, Ledger discusses The Bone Ensemble’s performance Caravania!, an intimate, participatory performance experience for a family audience. Couched as a visit to a micronation, the piece was conceived as an immersive performance for six spectators at a time in an old caravan and has toured extensively. Ledger explores the reasons for creating the work, especially the desire to address a lack of intimate performance work for children and families. As well as discussing the work’s content and reception, the notion of ‘participant-spectator’ is allied to critical reflection on spectators’ agency in this and other work.
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Ledger, A.J. (2016). Caravania!: Intimacy and Immersion for Family Audiences. In: Frieze, J. (eds) Reframing Immersive Theatre. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-36604-7_11
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