Multimedia Performance, by Rosemary Klich and Edward Scheer | Review By Yuji Sone

Abstract

Multimedia Performance, by Rosemary Klich and Edward Scheer (Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) 

Multimedia Performance by Rosemary Klich and Edward Scheer is a welcome addition to the complex area of scholarly research on contemporary performance that actively deploys digital technologies. Building on previous studies by theatre and performance studies scholars such as Steve Dixon, Gabriella Giannachi, Matthew Causey, and Gunter Berghaus, Klich and Scheer present a new perspective on the ongoing debates concerning ‘the convergence of multimedia and performance in theatre practice’ (7). While discussing iconic hybrid performances by historical and contemporary figures and groups of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this study also includes divergent works, such as audio-visual installation works and recent reenactment works.