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Punchdrunk on the Classics

Experiencing Immersion in The Burnt City and Beyond

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Authors:
  1. Emma Cole

    1. School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  • Includes the first ever rehearsal study of an immersive theatre production
  • The product of a unique knowledge-exchange arrangement between the researcher and Punchdrunk theatre company
  • Features the first full-length study of the role of ancient literature in immersive theatre

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introducing The Burnt City and Beyond

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 1-31

  3. Punchdrunk on the Classics: A History

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 33-53

  4. The Burnt City in Development: Rehearsal as Mythopoiesis

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 55-99

  5. The Burnt City in Development: Abstracting Ancient Literature

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 101-142

  6. The Burnt City in Performance: Place, Space, and Experience

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 143-182

  7. The Burnt City’s Legacy: Immersivity, Mimesis, and Enargeia

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 183-221

  8. Conclusion

    • Emma Cole
    Pages 223-228

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 229-233
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About this book

Punchdrunk on the Classics: Experiencing Immersion in The Burnt City and Beyond draws attention to Punchdrunk’s use of ancient Greek literature in their creation of immersive theatre. The book documents and analyses the effects of utilising Greek tragedy within both Punchdrunk’s creative development windows, and the company’s final staged productions. It features material stretching from The House of Oedipus (2000) right through to The Burnt City (2022-23), on which the author worked as dramaturg. Chapters include rehearsal studies, explorations of how Greek literature can shape an audience’s experience in immersive theatre, and considerations of how The Burnt City might change our understanding of the poetics of immersion in antiquity. Overall, Punchdrunk on the Classics provides an unparalleled depth of insight into an individual Punchdrunk production, and highlights the until-now overlooked significance of antiquity within Punchdrunk’s practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Emma Cole

About the author

Emma Cole is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, Australia; previously, she was Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Classics at the University of Bristol. She is a classicist and a theatre historian and is an expert on Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre. Her previous book, Postdramatic Tragedies, was published in 2019.

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