Punchdrunk on the Classics

Experiencing Immersion in The Burnt City and Beyond
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-43066-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

The Burnt Citydraws attention to Punchdrunk’s use of ancient Greek literature in their creation of immersive theatre. The book documents and analyses the effects of utilising Greek tragedy within both Punchdrunk’s creative development windows, and the company’s final staged productions. It features material stretching from (2000) right through to (2022-23), on which the author worked as dramaturg. Chapters include rehearsal studies, explorations of how Greek literature can shape an audience’s experience in immersive theatre, and considerations of how might change our understanding of the poetics of immersion in antiquity. Overall, provides an unparalleled depth of insight into an individual Punchdrunk production, and highlights the until-now overlooked significance of antiquity within Punchdrunk’s practice.

Winner of the 2024 Rob Jordan Prize for Theatre and Performance Studies. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cole, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Einzelne Theaterschauspieler & Regisseure
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introducing The Burnt City and beyond.- Chapter 2: Punchdrunk on the Classics: A History.- Chapter 3: The Burnt City in Development: Rehearsal as Mythopoiesis.- Chapter 4: The Burnt City in Development: Abstracting Ancient Literature.- Chapter 5: The Burnt City in Performance: Place, Space, and Experience.- Chapter 6: The Burnt City’s Legacy: Immersivity, Mimesis, and Enargeia.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Emma Cole is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, Australia; previously, she was Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Classics at the University of Bristol. She is a classicist and a theatre historian and is an expert on Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre. Her previous book, Postdramatic Tragedies, was published in 2019.