The 'third thing': Rancière, process drama and experimental performance

In this paper I attempt to find links between my own interest in experimental theatre and process drama. Through the theory of Jacques Rancière, particularly The Ignorant Schoolmaster, I suggest that both share a space for mutual reflection between spectator and performer, and between teacher and student. I suggest that this space is possible through the artificial space of the ‘third thing’ of art, where a hierarchical pedagogy can give way to a more processual model of learning and understanding.

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance on 03 July 2015, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13569783.2015.1059258