Overview
Availability
- Dr Abbie Trott is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Melbourne
- Board Member, Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies, Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies
- Member, International Federation of Theatre Research, International Federation of Theatre Research
Research impacts
Interested in examining the reception of digital bodies, Dr Abbie Victoria Trott researches postdigital theatre with audiences. Teaching theatre and performance at a tertiary level since 2014, she is an experienced stage and production manager across community theatre, circus, and multimedia performance. Abbie lectures in Drama at the University of Queensland and is working at Deakin University as a Research Fellow on a project about audience diversity and organisational change in Australian arts and culture.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Centring the audience: attitudes and behaviours in Australian arts organisations
Johanson, Katya, Trott, Abbie, Taylor, Mark, Kershaw, Anne, Glow, Hilary and Margieson, Tracy (2025). Centring the audience: attitudes and behaviours in Australian arts organisations. International Journal of Cultural Policy, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/10286632.2025.2458571
2024
Journal Article
Review of Deserted devices and wasted fences: everyday technologies in extreme circumstances, by Dani Ploeger
Trott, Abbie (2024). Review of Deserted devices and wasted fences: everyday technologies in extreme circumstances, by Dani Ploeger. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 20 (2), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/14794713.2024.2391202
2023
Journal Article
“I don’t know why I cried, but I did.” Diversity and the dramaturgy of impact in Australian theatre for young people
Rae, Paul and Trott, Abbie Victoria (2023). “I don’t know why I cried, but I did.” Diversity and the dramaturgy of impact in Australian theatre for young people. Critical Stages, 28, 1-17.
2023
Journal Article
Review of Mediatized dramaturgy: the evolution of plays in the media age : by Seda Ilter, London: Methuen Drama, ISBN: 978-1-3500-3115-9 978-0-7456-8131-3
Trott, Abbie (2023). Review of Mediatized dramaturgy: the evolution of plays in the media age : by Seda Ilter, London: Methuen Drama, ISBN: 978-1-3500-3115-9 978-0-7456-8131-3. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 19 (1), 139-140. doi: 10.1080/14794713.2023.2170626
2022
Journal Article
‘She might find out the truth:’ Action researching with young theatre audiences
Trott, Abbie Victoria (2022). ‘She might find out the truth:’ Action researching with young theatre audiences. Action Learning, Action Research Journal, 28 (1), 72-98.
2022
Other Outputs
A ‘standard’ topic?: theatre, young people and the everyday postdigital
Trott, Abbie Victoria (2022). A ‘standard’ topic?: theatre, young people and the everyday postdigital. PhD Thesis, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.
2021
Journal Article
What are the ties that hold us together?: The smartphone networks in As If No One is Watching and Body of Knowledge
Trott, Abbie Victoria (2021). What are the ties that hold us together?: The smartphone networks in As If No One is Watching and Body of Knowledge. Australasian Drama Studies (78), 224-252.
2021
Journal Article
'It was a cracker': Listening in to youth audiences, regional and urban, with show reports
Trott, Abbie Victoria (2021). 'It was a cracker': Listening in to youth audiences, regional and urban, with show reports. Australasian Drama Studies Journal, 77 (January) 13, 244-272.
2016
Other Outputs
“Being With:” establishing co-presence between multimedia images and performers in multimedia performance
Trott, Abbie Victoria (2016). “Being With:” establishing co-presence between multimedia images and performers in multimedia performance. MPhil Thesis, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.92
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