Question 1

What is Site Specific Theatre?

Accepted Answer

Site specific theatre is any theatrical production staged at a real, unique location — somewhere built for a purpose other than theatre — where that location becomes part of the performance itself.Sites are chosen for what they add to the story: the specific landscape is used to enhance both the performance and how the audience experiences it.A site might be a beach, a forest, a tram, a swimming pool, or an abandoned warehouse — anywhere that pushes past the boundaries of traditional theatre and gives audiences something genuinely different.

Question 2

Why see or host a theatrical production outside of a conventional theatre?

Accepted Answer

Site specific theatre pushes the boundaries of traditional theatre, offering traditional audiences something different as the site itself becomes part of the performance.A site’s location — its architecture, how the audience is placed, and the degree of audience participation involved — shapes the kind of experience audiences have, based on how well that site complements the story and enhances both the performance and the audience’s interaction with it.This can attract people who might not normally attend a conventional theatre setting, while also giving the wider community a way to explore, activate, and showcase these spaces — potentially turning newcomers into future or recurring audiences.

Question 3

What is The Drama Merchant's brand of Site Specific Theatre ?

Accepted Answer

Long before "site specific theatre" had a name, it existed as the drawing room play — a story staged in the drawing room of a real home, for a small gathered audience, using nothing but the room itself. The Drama Merchant brings that same spirit back. Where traditional theatre relies on lighting rigs and sound design to build a world, The Drama Merchant uses what's already there — everyday objects, natural light, the room exactly as it is — to bring the story to life. Nothing manufactured, nothing imported. Just a small audience, up close, inside a space never meant to be a theatre.The Drama Merchant aims to be a site-specific theatre expert who partners with businesses to activate intimate, unique theatrical experiences — using everyday spaces exactly as they are, not traditionally viewed as a stage.

What is Site Specific Theatre?

Why see or host a theatrical production outside of a conventional theatre?

What is The Drama Merchant's brand of Site Specific Theatre ?

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