[ecrea] Live Theatre Broadcast Symposium

*Registration Now Open


Live Theatre Broadcast Symposium

Department of Theatre, Film and Television

University of York



25th June 2015*


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Registration is now open for the Live Theatre Broadcast Symposium at the
department of Theatre and Television, University of York on 25th June 2015.

To confirm your attendance please fill in your details at

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-theatre-broadcast-symposium-registration-17002011474


Registration is free. Lunch, tea and coffee will be provided.  Some
travel bursaries are available.


In recent years, live-streamed theatre broadcasts have emerged as a
significant cultural phenomenon, aiding public access to - and
representing a new practice for - key international, national and
regional institutions, such as the National Theatre, the Royal
Shakespeare Company, Pilot Theatre, Forced Entertainment, and cinema
distributors around the world. How do such broadcasts change the
experience of live events, and how do they alter the spectrum of media
through which performances occur? This emerging hybrid medium introduces
challenges for practitioners, critics and institutions for the creation,
reception and funding of live theatre and events, yet suitable
approaches to frame academic discussion of it are underdeveloped.

This symposium seeks to explore the rise of live theatre broadcast
through questions engaging with a) production processes, b) audiences
and c) intermediality.


*2nd Call for Papers

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We invite proposals for papers of 15 minutes, which may consider (but
are not limited to):

The impact of these innovations on industry; including on actor
training, the funding of regional theatres, media companies, and
cinemas, or the relationships between cultural institutions and their
audience.
How live broadcasts may have altered directing and performances: have
they worked further to reinforce the dominance of ‘televisual
naturalism’ in acting and design? Have they altered the use of space,
particularly in larger auditoria?
How relationships between the creative teams of the production and of
the broadcast function: what is the relationship between the shaping of
scenes by a director and their editing for broadcast, and between all
aspects of design for the theatre and for broadcast?
The lessons we could learn about live mediated performance from
television history.
What are the premises of intermediality in live theatre broadcast in
terms of how different media are combined, amalgamated and co-related
within performance and cultural discourse, and as practices across
media? How may these be more widely related to the production processes,
technologies and outputs of cultural production?
How cinema spaces are adapted for theatre broadcasts, and the effects on
audience behaviour and experience.
How interactive media such as mobile apps, web installations, games and
social media alter the theatre experience, and how they may be employed
most effectively in terms of audience outreach and engagement.



Confirmed keynote speakers: *John Wyver *Illuminations Media and
Producer of RSC Live, Senior Research Fellow at University of
Westminster and *Marcus Romer *Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre.

Abstracts of up to 250words should be sent to the project administrator,
Mark France ((mapf500 /at/ york.ac.uk) <mailto:(mapf500 /at/ york.ac.uk)>) by
*Thursday May 21 2015*.



*Conference Organisers*

Hannah Andrews, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies

Tom Cantrell, Lecturer in Theatre

Tom Cornford, Lecturer in Theatre

Jon Hook, Lecturer in Interactive Media

Ollie Jones, Lecturer in Theatre

Jenna Ng, Anniversary Research Lecturer in Interactive Media


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