InstaStan – FaceBrook – Brecht+: a performer training methodology for the age of the internet

Abstract

What do we do with a cohort of student-performers who show more interest in Instagram than in Konstantin Stanislavski, in Facebook than in Peter Brook and in Google than in Bertolt Brecht? Based on our experience of working with second-year BA (Hons) Performance and Media students at the University of South Wales, this article aims to provide a performance training methodology for the age of the internet. In particular, it focuses on our approach to creating a laboratory-style training experience, engaging student-performers in critical-creative processes as both participants and facilitators of creative practice. The article argues that this exploratory and experimental journey of using social media and online platforms in live performance allows student-performers to make strong connections between everyday digital tools and theatre and performance methods and techniques. Additionally, we ask questions about what forms these laboratories may take in the future: What would a StanChat laboratory look like? How can we incorporate InstaStan, FaceBrook and Brecht + into our training practices for digital performance more broadly?

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