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The Drama Workshop research team is pleased to share a new publication by Kathleen Gallagher, Valve, and Tripathi in Studies in Canadian Literature. Rethinking liveness through the digital real: The virtual as a performance venue in empirical theatre research explores how theatre-making and theatre research continue to evolve in digital spaces.

The article challenges traditional understandings of “liveness” in theatre as dependent on physical co-presence, arguing instead that virtual environments can create their own forms of immediacy, relationality, and embodied connection. Through empirical theatre research, the authors examine how digital platforms can function as meaningful performance venues, opening up new possibilities for collaboration, creativity, and shared artistic experience.