Spectatorship Analysis by Prof. dr. Maaike Bleeker
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03:08:38 States of Emergency in New International Publication on Performance Research
How does theatre engage its audience in a collective confrontation with traumatic historical events?
In the newly published book Performance Research Methods: Interdisciplinary Methods for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies (Open Book Publishers, 2025), theatre scholar Prof.dr. Maaike Bleeker examines Tore Vagn Lid`s 03:08:38 States of Emergency as a central case study in her chapter Spectatorship Analysis.
Drawing on the performance's reconstruction of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway, Bleeker explores how spatial arrangements, sound, time and audience participation shape the experience of spectatorship. The analysis highlights how the performance invites audiences not simply to observe history, but to engage with it through a shared, embodied experience.
The paper is freely available through Open Book Publishers.
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