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This book explores how avant-garde directors in French theatre play
on their audiences’ frustration to generate an encounter with the
real. Focusing on the work of directors such as Gisèle Vienne, Jan
Lauwers, Rodrigo Garcia, Jan Fabre and Romeo Castellucci, the book
looks at how these directors manipulate their audiences to
experience a raw perception of materiality and physical bodies on
stage, set within narratives of mystery and the uncanny. This
approach has led to these directors' work described as 'obscene',
'pretentious', 'demagogic' and 'provocative'. Because of this, the
act of spectating and the nature of spectatorship itself becomes
complicated and tends to leave French audiences doubting
traditional codes and practices. It leads to the directors' work
being misjudged and to contradictory discourses between critics,
researchers and directors. The book examines how directors
implement strategies on stage to trigger such experiences, while
evaluating how problematic these strategies are. It develops
critical and philosophical tools that help spectators extend their
field of perception and better engage with these contemporary
practices. And, in doing so, it analyses a fascinating paradox: the
French theatre scene hosting both active avant-garde practices,
especially when it comes to spectator experience, and strong
rejections from audiences.
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Pistis Sophia
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