07/12/2021
Absolutely thrilled to be part of the new issue of Coup de Théâtre (by RADAC - Recherches sur les Arts Dramatiques Anglophones Contemporains), with an article on immersive dramaturgies of migration and displacement.
Déborah Prudhon, Juliette Mézergues et Emeline J. Jouve ont le plaisir d'annoncer la parution du numéro Coup de Théâtre n°35, « Le théâtre immersif sur les scènes contemporaines anglophones et francophones / Anglophone and Francophone Approaches to Immersive Theatre ». Ce numéro fait suite à la journée d’études organisée en janvier 2020 au Théâtre Lepic.
Sommaire :
Foreword – Susan Blattès
Introduction – Juliette Mézergues, Déborah Prudhon, Emeline Jouve
Prologue: Context and Issues – Josephine Machon: Looking Through a Punchdrunk Lens into the Immersive World of The Drowned Man: a Hollywood Fable
I – Creative Immersive Strategies
Marianne Drugeon: Immersion and Communion in Community Plays
Séverine Ruset: Engaging the audience through immersion and displacement. A Case Study of domaine nomade by Laurent Pichaud
Estelle Rivier-Arnaud: Immersive Shakespeares: Dive into Suspense and Macabre
II – Immersive Theatre, Ethics and Politics
Cyrielle Garson: Putting VR Technology into Documentary. Reflections and Speculations on a New Immersive Theatre Genre in Britain
Marilena Borriello: The Politics of Participation in Immersive Theatre and Participatory Art. The Spectatorship Between Role Reversal and Narcissistic Self-Exploitation
Szabolcs Musca: “A Way Not To See”: Immersive Dramaturgies of Migration and Displacement
III – In Practice: Creators and Spectators On and Off Stage
Sarah Sigal and Katharine Fry: Eating for Victory: making small-scale immersive theatre in the UK
Rick DesRochers: Immersive Performance and Sensory Stimulation. The Intimacy of Participation in Third Rail Projects’ Then She Fell
Juliette Mézergues : Transcription de la table ronde du 17 janvier 2020, Théâtre Lepic
Juliette Mézergues : Entretien avec Dot Pierson. Immersion et confinement
IV – Immersive Play
Sébastien Bonnabel, Cyrano Ostinato Fantaisies (2019, Théâtre Lepic)
V – Master Prize
Sophia Mallek: The Body, the Dance, and the Voice: Asserting the Celtic Identity in Contemporary Irish Drama
