Overview
Background
Dr Abbie Victoria Trott is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, where she also teaches digital media and communication. She is currently working on a book about how theatre for young people makes sense of young people's immersion in digital culture. Her research is broadly interested in examining how audiences make sense of theatre in light of digital culture. Other research interests include the relationships between generative AI, audiences and performers. 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.
Availability
- Dr Abbie Trott is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Queensland University of Technology
- Masters (Research) of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, The University of Queensland
- 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 interests
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Young people, theatre and digital culture
This research investigates how young people's engagement with digital culture translates to their experience of theatre.
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Generative AI, performers and audiences
This research in investigating how AI chatbots are embodied as actants in new medial performance through their relationships with performers and audiences.
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Audience diversity
This research is interested if how to collect and represent data about audience diversity.
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Action research and participatory enquiry
This research is interested in using multimodal, participatory enquiry in theatre and performance.
Research impacts
Abbie's research into how young theatre audiences make sense of their immersion in digital culture offers strategies as we grapple as a society with digital saturation. Her research into the relationship between generative AI, audiences and performers offers different perspectives on generative AI.
Using a multimodal approach, Abbie's research methodology is iterative, reflective and engages with the nuances of digital culture and performance.
Works
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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.
2021
Conference Publication
Ghosts in the machine: replicating a missing plane
Trott, Abbie Victoria (2021). Ghosts in the machine: replicating a missing plane. Theatre and Performance Association: The Performance and New Technologies Working Group, Online, 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Secret theatre: the smartphone effect in as if no one is watching
Trott, Abbie (2021). Secret theatre: the smartphone effect in as if no one is watching. International Federation of Theatre Research, Online, 2021.
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
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Abbie Trott is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Staging Chinese Classics as Walkable Space: Invitation Aesthetics and Audience Routes in Chinas Unique Theatre-Cities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Cole
Media
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