An audience made entirely of green leafy plants and an audience experience completely mediated through a chat feature are two of the many examples of innovative audience involvement and participation in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our research considers audience engagement and reimagines what liveness can mean for an audience on the cyber-stage.
Neuroscience Sheds Light on Audio THEATRE’S Ability for Audience Engagement
A recent paper in Nature, titled “Natural Speech Reveals the Semantic Maps that Tile Human Cerebral Cortex,” explains how, neurologically and psychologically, the medium of audio theatre inherently engages its listeners.
Ghost games and a Simulated Audience
While sports are returning and are broadcasted, fans are unable to attend, which leads to quiet stadiums all over the world. However, one does not hear the quiet of those stadiums if you tune into a sports game, whether it be Hungarian soccer, South Korean baseball, or Australian rugby.