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Participatory Theatre
Sticzayová, Sofie ; SULŽENKO, Jiří (advisor) ; LOTKER, Sodja (referee)
The bachelor’s thesis inquires into a form of performance known as Participatory Theatre, which is understood to involve the direct participation of the spectator. The spectator here becomes the creator and the main protagonist - a non-actor. The aim of the thesis, is to present Participatory Theatre as a form which has the potential to compete with, and act as a partner to, the interpretive professional theatre, and which at the same time, reacts to the current issues concerning the phenomenon of audience development. For the purposes of the thesis, we introduce the term Professional Collaboration with Non-professional.
In the first part, we clarify the term Participatory Theatre in relation to community, documentary and social theatre, and place it in its historical context. We seek links between the phenomenon of participation and the cultural policies of the EU and Prague, and also examine its occurrence in civic theatres.
The second part presents concrete examples of professionals who have devoted their work to non-professionals. We focus on Archa Theatre, The New Stage of the National Theatre, the group Rimini Protokoll, and the artist Kateřina Šedá. Case studies then present in detail six independent participatory theatre projects.
In conclusion, the thesis defines the principles of Professional Collaboration with Non-professional.
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