Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies: Recent submissions
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Meta-Performativity: Being in Shakespeare’s Moment
Published 2008-06-17In the dramatic performance of text, linguistic performativity is inherent within the utterances provided by the playwright for the character, to be used as if they were in normal use in the world of the play. The actor, ...Open AccessConference paper -
'The Presence of Design': The Sets and Costumes are There, too
Published 2008-06-17We tend to focus on the actor and the audience when we think of being there. However, the design (the space, imagery, costumes and style) dictates the conditions in which the actors and audience engage. This paper will ...Open AccessConference paper -
Performing Confessions: Making Sense Afterwards of Field Immersion
Published 2008-06-17“You have to create a fiction about yourself to make sense to people. I never lied; but I had to tell a story.” Joanne Good, a 42-year-old anthropology postgraduate, spent seven years in a rural Indonesian village conducting ...Open AccessConference paper -
Constructing remnants: Determining strategies for Performance Documentation
Published 2008-06-17This paper address methodolgoical issues involved in the video documentation of live performance, using, as a case study, a recording the author made of Brink Theatre’s 2005 production of Sarah Kane’s '4.48 Psychosis' in ...Open AccessConference paper -
La Boite Theatre 1925-2003: Before, During and After its Transformational Journey from Amateur to Professional Status
Published 2008-06-17La Boite Theatre, the oldest theatre company in Brisbane and the second oldest in Australia, has not only survived for over eighty years in an unbroken line of theatrical activity but has successfully negotiated the difficult ...Open AccessConference paper