The Relation between Audience and Performance

The five most crucial elements of theatre are an actor, audience, script, stage and light. And the two most important elements among such five elements could be an actor and audience. It means that the relation between an actor and audience could decide quality and value of theatre or performance.

The most obvious one is that performer performs for audience, and certainly exist an interaction between performer and audience. If there is not any interaction, that performance is most likely to fail in terms of radical aim of performing arts. The interaction could begin to the immersion of both performer and audience. Actor has to concentrate in their created character and circumstance, and could assimilate into the show as immersion of actor. Audience also could assimilate into the performance through immersion of actor. In other words, the immersion in the performance is made from the interaction between actor and audience.

Performance is significantly affected on response of audience however it is not easy to be performance which can correspond the consciousness and immersion of between performer and audience.

When I was in the directing company in Korea, I have experienced how to complete a performance with audience. There is something which director and actor cannot realize before meet audience in rehearsal room. Because, they are most likely to lose objectivity of the show during rehearsal period because of their subjectivity. For this reason, when the show meets audience, the show could be truly completed.

The outstanding feature of performing arts is liveness. It means, an interaction with each other. Thus, virtuous circle between performer and audience through interaction certainly can make performance which has artistic value and completeness.