The Wind path

Theatre as a Maze: Navigation in Traditional Theatre

This chapter examines how traditional theatre structures control movement and restrict audience agency, contrasting with ergodic works that invite exploratory navigation.

FORWARD.

The Wind /
The Daughter

Wayfinding in Wayfinder: Potential Navigation in Performance

An EP of music reflecting on a life lived in joy, in anger, in regret. These are the memories made along the way.

Dance

Footnotes & References

  • Core Theoretical Foundations:

    1. Schechner – performance as a living, evolving structure.

    2. Brook – The Empty Space – theatre as a constructed narrative environment.
    3. Eco – The Open Work – defining audience participation in theatrical texts.

  • Critical Debates and Counterarguments:

    1. Can theatre ever truly be non-linear?

    2. Is navigation in theatre actor-driven, audience-driven, or both?

    3. Are immersive theatre models still too restrictive to be ergodic?

  • Empirical Studies & Case Studies:

    1. Sleep No More – open-world theatre, but with pre-defined choices.

    2. Woyzeck – modular performance structures.

    3. Punchdrunk Theatre – navigation within choreographed spaces.