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Off stage refers to the aspects of performance, production, or artistic expression that occur outside the visible area of a stage or performance space. It encompasses the behind-the-scenes activities, interactions, and preparations that contribute to the overall presentation, including technical, logistical, and creative processes.
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Off stage refers to the aspects of performance, production, or artistic expression that occur outside the visible area of a stage or performance space. It encompasses the behind-the-scenes activities, interactions, and preparations that contribute to the overall presentation, including technical, logistical, and creative processes.

Key research themes

1. How is theatrical performances' embodied presence redefined or challenged when moved off-stage or to online environments?

This theme investigates the shifting notions of presence, embodiment, and interactivity in theatre and performance when they are relocated from traditional stages to off-site physical spaces or virtual/online platforms. It addresses how the embodied interaction between performer and spectator changes, the challenges and possibilities of agency and liveness, and how digital mediation affects theatrical engagement and experience.

Key finding: This paper identifies that online theatrical transmissions—emerging strongly during the COVID-19 pandemic—challenge traditional concepts of theatrical liveness and embodied co-presence by offering new modes of participation,... Read more
Key finding: Through interviews with artists, this study argues that while chat functions in online performances are commonly included to recreate co-presence typical of live theatre, their effectiveness depends heavily on the performance... Read more
Key finding: This collection of video essays explores how social distancing during the pandemic disrupts embodied performance and interpersonal exchange, questioning the role of physical presence in identity formation and performance. The... Read more
Key finding: By examining two site-specific off-site productions, this article reveals that relocating theatre outside conventional venues destabilizes standard spectator roles and the spatial dynamics of performance. It finds that... Read more
Key finding: This paper, although focused on gender representation in Greek drama, highlights how theatrical characters and their discourse are shaped by performative contexts and audience reception, implicitly tying stage presence and... Read more

2. What are the methodological and curatorial challenges in presenting novel forms of live or musically metacreative performances on stage?

This research theme focuses on practical and epistemological issues involved in staging innovative musical performances, particularly those involving algorithmically generated, collaborative, or hybrid artistic practices. It addresses the challenges of curation, audience evaluation, live interaction, and bridging diverse audience expectations in contexts where traditional notions of performance and presence are stretched or redefined.

Key finding: By curating the inaugural MuMe Weekend, the authors identify key methodological challenges in presenting musically metacreative systems to public audiences. These challenges include balancing academic rigor with artistic... Read more
Key finding: Through firsthand observation of a hybrid concert combining new music ensembles and indie rock bands, this paper illuminates the infrastructural and cultural logistics that enable the convergence of modernist and popular... Read more

3. How do theatre props and performer embodiment contribute to meaning-making and disrupt traditional theatrical conventions on stage?

This theme explores the theatrical and symbolic significance of stage objects (props) and embodied performer interventions in shaping audience perception and theatrical experience. It examines how mundane theatrical devices like telephones serve as mediators of presence and communication, and how performer embodiment challenges fixed narrative and interpretive frames, enabling dynamic interaction and re-interpretation.

Key finding: This paper analyzes the conventional and disruptive functions of the stage telephone as a prop, illustrating how it embodies complex mediations of presence and absence, communication, and representation in theatre. It reveals... Read more
Key finding: This article demonstrates that a performer's embodied enactment significantly influences audience interpretation by challenging pre-existing narrative models and opening multiple viewpoints. It argues that performance... Read more
Key finding: This article rigorously examines the ontology of actions on stage, distinguishing between fictional character actions and real actions committed by actors. It clarifies how actors perform 'pretending' through physical actions... Read more
Key finding: Through historical and scientific discourse analysis, this book unpacks the elusive phenomenon of 'stage presence' as a dynamic, often paradoxical force combining scientific metaphors (magnetism, electricity) with notions of... Read more

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Bu makalede, tiyatronun asal diegetik malzemesi olan sahnedışına, en erken ve dolgun kullanımlarından biri olan Oedipus metni üzerinden bakılıyor. Oedipus'un sahnedışının temelde sahnedışını kaplayan Sfenks'le özdeş olduğunu ve kaynağa... more
Psikomitoloji neyi, nasıl yordar? Psikanaliz nedir, nasıl çalışır? Tragedya nedir, neyi irdeler? Sophokles'in (İÖ 495-406) 'Οἰδίπους Τύραννος', gr.-Oidipous Tyrannos-ve 'Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ', gr.-Oidipous epi Kolonoi-tragedyaları bu... more
La trilogía de Binetti y Saba aborda tres momentos de la historia política argentina de los últimos 100 años a través de tres grupos de personas que realizan actividades artísticas. En este sentido, se propone una metateatralidad que... more
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Bu çalışmada, öncelikle tiyatro karşıtlığı tarif edilerek Michael Fried'ın kendi tiyatro karşıtlığını tanımlayışı ele alınmaktadır. Ardından tiyatrokrat sözcüğünün yaratıcısı Nietzsche'nin teatrallik karşıtı tutumu Tragedyanın Doğuşu... more
Noises Off (Queensland Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company),
written by Michael Frayn and directed by Sam Strong, continues
at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse until 12 August 2017.
Performance attended: 8 June.
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Tiyatro sahtedir, “-mış gibi” yapar, aldatır. Ve bu kendilikle, gerçekle, sahicilikle karşılaştırıldığında –elbette–değersizdir. “Kendilik” iyidir, “(gibi) görünmek” kötüdür. Bu ikili karşıtlığa yapılan düşünsel ve kültürel yatırım... more
Tiyatro teorisini kurarken aslında bir bakıma kaygan bir zeminde hareket ediyor zihin, zira teorinin aslında ayrı kalması gerekiyormuş gibi görünen iki alanı var. Yani tiyatroya ait bir olgudan, kavramdan söz ederken, teorinin zemininin... more
ÖZET XX. yüzyılın başı itibariyle " zaman " hayatımızın en sorunlu kavramlarından biri haline gelmiştir. Daha önceleri somut bir gerçeklik durumu olarak kurgulanan zaman, Görecelik kuramı ve Kuantum mekaniği ile eğilebilen, farklı... more
This paper takes up the question of “things” in contemporary English theatre by examining a trivial, even banal prop which appears in any number of plays: the stage telephone. After outlining the highly conventionalised function of the... more
Depreciative views of women expressed by men are often found both in tragedies and comedies. However, there are cases where women speak ill of their own sex. The examination of this issue reveals that such cases occur within plays in... more
Bu çalışmada, öncelikle tiyatro karşıtlığı tarif edilerek Michael Fried'ın kendi tiyatro karşıtlığını tanımlayışı ele alınmaktadır. Ardından tiyatrokrat sözcüğünün yaratıcısı Nietzsche'nin teatrallik karşıtı tutumu Tragedyanın Doğuşu... more
Beckett's theatre which is usually considered as the story-less "drama of stasis". Ibsen's theatre is grounded both on the well-made play form and the principle of the linear perspective. His plays that are produced by the employment of... more
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