Convergence Culture, Learning, and Participatory Youth Theatre Performance

Abstract

This article discusses the contemporary idea of convergence culture as it relates to 21st century productions for and with young audiences in professional youth theatre spaces. The author posits that new forms of performativity accompany convergence culture and provide opportunities for new types of learning and engagement in professional youth theatre spaces. The article also explores the ways that spectators constantly relocate themselves between live spaces and technology spaces in their daily lives, and asserts that this migration between spaces produces a set of new aesthetic possibilities for youth theatres that are infused with ideas related to convergence.