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Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital

Maral Çankaya

This article explores the concept of liveness in digital theatre practice by analyzing the case of Map to Utopia, a digital theatre production that utilizes technological devices such as computers and mobile phones to facilitate audience participation. The article provides an overview of the theoretical framework surrounding digital theatre and presents a discussion on the concept of liveness and its relation to audience participation. The article argues that Map to Utopia creates a sense of presentness and liveness through the active participation of the audience, turning the digital space into a playground. Furthermore, the article examines the use of digital media in Map to Utopia and highlights how it enhances audience participation, discussing technology, theatre and audience interaction.

Keywords: Liveness, audience participation, digital theatre, playfulness, Map to Utopia

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Çankaya, M. (2023). Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, 0(36), 91-105. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1277109


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Çankaya M. Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy. 2023;0(36):91-105. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1277109


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Çankaya, M. Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, [Publisher Location], v. 0, n. 36, p. 91-105, 2023.


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Çankaya, Maral,. 2023. “Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital.” Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy 0, no. 36: 91-105. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1277109


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Çankaya, Maral,. “Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital.” Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, vol. 0, no. 36, 2023, pp. 91-105. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1277109


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Çankaya M. Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy [Internet]. 18 May. 2024 [cited 18 May. 2024];0(36):91-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1277109 doi: 10.26650/jtcd.1277109


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Çankaya, Maral. “Liveness Through Audience Participation in Digital Theatre: Map to Utopia As a Playground in Digital”. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy 0/36 (May. 2024): 91-105. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.1277109



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Submitted04.04.2023
Accepted07.06.2023
Published Online12.06.2023

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