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Contemporary theatre and the experiential (2010)
Journal Article
Adams, K. (2010). Contemporary theatre and the experiential. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 5(4), 153-164. https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v05i04/35890

In the context of the blurring of boundaries between club and theatre, game and theatre, and party and theatre, experiential spectatorship is spilling into the mainstream. This article starts from the recognition of the rapid rise of the experience e... Read More about Contemporary theatre and the experiential.

The threshold of the real: A site for participatory resistance in Blast Theory's Uncle Roy all around you (2003) (2006)
Journal Article
Adams, K. (2006). The threshold of the real: A site for participatory resistance in Blast Theory's Uncle Roy all around you (2003). Body, Space & Technology, 6(1),

This article examines the collision of virtual and real spaces through simultaneous live and online play in Uncle Roy All Around You, and how this disruption of immersion is used to expose the habitual engagements associated with the digital interfac... Read More about The threshold of the real: A site for participatory resistance in Blast Theory's Uncle Roy all around you (2003).

From narrative to spectacle: An examination of contemporary theatre performance
Thesis
Adams, K. From narrative to spectacle: An examination of contemporary theatre performance. (Thesis). University of Hull

Drawing on Debord and Baudrillard, this thesis takes its starting point the shift from text to image dominated representations of the world. It argues the parallel shifts in theatre practice and reception away from work which subordinates itself to t... Read More about From narrative to spectacle: An examination of contemporary theatre performance.