Bringing Theatre Home: an investigation into the socio-spatial implications of performance practices in domestic settings

这个创新和及时的项目使用戏剧实践和文化地理学来研究在家庭环境中进行的表演工作的社会空间影响。在2016年AHRC关于“理解艺术和文化价值”的报告中，Crossick和Kaszynska写道：“家庭是大多数文化活动发生的地方，但在讨论其影响时几乎被忽视了。这个地理与表演研究的跨学科项目回应了这样的争论，寻求重新构建家庭作为一个重要的创造性和文化活动的地方。利用档案研究，本研究的第一阶段提供了一个在英国的家庭表演实践的地理历史分析，探索家庭的物理建筑和地理受到表演挑战的方式。独特的是，本研究的第二阶段通过在我自己的家中使用由家庭异议艺术与实践研究所和足迹剧院信托基金开发的两种家庭表演模式来测试一组理论观察与家庭空间中的实际戏剧制作。第三阶段讨论艺术家和场地如何在家庭的复杂领土中导航，超越公共艺术空间，在国内开展工作。与诺丁汉剧场和考文垂大学一起工作Edgewick小学和慈善机构Home Start和Carriers of Hope，本研究探讨了家庭影院的两个国际模式，包括芝加哥家庭影院节和Internacional de Cenas em Casa，如何利用这些模式来接触和吸引那些由于社会经济原因无法参加剧院演出的人。这项研究的目的是利用网络和支持，使最近指定考文垂为英国文化之城和诺丁汉为联合国教科文组织文学之城成为可能。

This innovative and timely project uses theatre practice and cultural geography to examine the socio-spatial implications of performance work delivered in domestic settings. In the 2016 AHRC report on 'Understanding the Arts and Cultural Value', Crossick and Kaszynska write that 'the home is where most engagement with cultural activities takes place and yet it is virtually ignored in discussions about their impact'. This interdisciplinary project between Geography and Performance Studies responds to such contentions, seeking to re-frame the home as a place of significant creative and cultural activity.Utilising archival research the first phase of this study offers a geohistorical analysis of the practice of home performance in the UK, exploring the ways in which the physical architecture and geographies of home are challenged by performances within it. Uniquely, the second phase of this research tests a set of theoretical observations against practical theatre making in a domestic space by employing two established family models for home performance developed by The Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home and Footprints Theatre Trust in my own home.The third phase addresses how the complex territory of home might be navigated by artists and venues stepping beyond public art spaces to develop work in domestic settings. Working with the Nottingham Playhouse and Coventry University alongside Edgewick Primary School and charities Home Start and Carriers of Hope, this research explores how two international models for home theatre including the Chicago Home Theater Festival and Internacional de Cenas em Casa might be utilised to reach and engage people that, for socio-economic reasons, are unable to attend performances in theatre settings. The study aims to draw upon the networks and support made possible by the recent designation of Coventry as UK City of Culture and Nottingham as a UNESCO City of Literature.