Abstract
Online technology has made it possible for audience relationships to be reinvented and reputations to be redrawn across the theatrical spectrum. But is this what has actually taken place in the online world or are traditional priorities and prejudices slowly being re-established? Digital technology and the Internet allow for a democratisation of the producer/audience member relationship, and increasingly, it is possible to think of a two-way form of communication which extends beyond polite applause within the theatre building. Theatre companies can, in theory, bring the audience into the creative process of theatre-making and extend exponentially the reach of their activities. The smallest of theatre companies can now have an international presence but is the theatre world taking proper advantage of the opportunities that are available?
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Exploring Shakespeare: Hamlet and Macbeth (http://www.rsc.org.uk/learning/ hamletandmacbeth/).
Globe (2003) The Globe Education Brochure. January-December.
RSC (2005a) ‘£4.5 million Performance Partnership for Royal Shakespeare Company and University of Warwick’, RSC Press Release, 27 January.
RSC (2005b) ‘RSC host first every Festival of Shakespeare’s Complete Works in Stratford-upon-Avon’, RSC Press Release, 11 July.
RSC (2005c) ‘RSC Launches New Interactive Multimedia Site’, RSC Press Release, 13 June.
Shenton, M. (2002) ‘Smart Ass: Classical Theatre Superstar Mark Rylance Tells Mark Shenton How Shakespeare’s Globe Lets Him be Intimate with Audiences’, Sunday Express, 4 August: 54–55.
Spottiswoode, P. (2003) ‘Word Play’, The Globe Education Brochure. January–December.
Stagework (http://www.stagework.org.uk/).
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2006 Christie Carson
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Carson, C. (2006). Technology as a Bridge to Audience Participation?. In: Broadhurst, S., Machon, J. (eds) Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288157_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288157_14
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-230-29365-6
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-28815-7
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)