I wrote up some notes for my current students following a session feeding back on their work.
They focus on how to make choices with reference to questions about spectatorship and reception.
A lot of the ideas draw on research from my book, Theatrical Reality, but I’ve tried to connect them to practical problems in the rehearsal room.
The basic question is how to keep focused on the audience when the audience isn’t in the room.
This is Version One. It could be a whole book, but hopefully what’s here will be useful.