Aural/Oral Dramaturgies: Theatre in the Digital Age

Aural/Oral Dramaturgies: Theatre in the Digital Age focuses on the ‘aural turn’ in contemporary theatre-making, examining a number of seemingly disparate trends that foreground speech and sound -- ‘post-verbatim’ theatre, 'amplified storytelling' (works using microphones and headphones), and ‘gig theatre’ that incorporates live music performance.

Its main argument is that the dramaturgical underpinnings of these works contribute to an understanding of theatre as an extra-literary activity, ...