[ecrea] Call for Papers - Live Theatre Broadcast Symposium

*Call for Papers*

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*Live Theatre Broadcast Symposium*

*Department of Theatre, Film and Television*

*University of York*

*25th June 2015*

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. 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 250 words 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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