The Human Touch is a book focused on the creative processes at work in British contemporary improvisational theatre and how these processes draw on the humanity of the participants: their cognitive abilities, their lives, and their relationships to each other.
Vulnerability is a main feature of both the book and of improvisational theatre, both part of the hurdles that improvisers face and a creative tool. Through a study of improvisation and vulnerability, the book teaches us both what makes improvisational theatre so human and opens the door to a reflection about how to use humanity and human emotions in performance. Most importantly, it delves into the cognitive and physiological processes at work in improvisation, a topic which is missing from most manuals and studies offered to students.
This book is addressed to theatre students and provides both an important overview of the form's history and a challenge to what is usually taught about improvisation.
| ISBN: | 9781032390741 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 2026 |
| Author: | Chloé Arros |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 172 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology Cognition and cognitive psychology |
The Human Touch is a book focused on the creative processes at work in British contemporary improvisational theatre and how these processes draw on the humanity of the participants: their cognitive abilities, their lives, and their relationships to each other.
Vulnerability is a main feature of both the book and of improvisational theatre, both part of the hurdles that improvisers face and a creative tool. Through a study of improvisation and vulnerability, the book teaches us both what makes improvisational theatre so human and opens the door to a reflection about how to use humanity and human emotions in performance. Most importantly, it delves into the cognitive and physiological processes at work in improvisation, a topic which is missing from most manuals and studies offered to students.
This book is addressed to theatre students and provides both an important overview of the form's history and a challenge to what is usually taught about improvisation.
The Human Touch features in the following genres: Performance art, Theatre studies, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology
The Human Touch is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Human Touch was written by Chloé Arros and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Human Touch has 172 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies series
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