THEATRE IN EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIALOGUE: A PSYCHO-CYBERNETIC APPROACH

Abstract

Theatre and technology have been inseparable from antiquity collaborating in terms of the tool, the performer and the performance. It is on this collaboration that the research has deemed it fit to expand the multi-disciplinary dimension by examining the psycho-cybernetic angel of the Theatre in Education. The psycho-cybernetic professes “self-image” using feedback techniques by blending digital innovations to create immersive experiences. The study examines the Umudioka Theatre in Education Project using the psycho-cyberntic theory to re-examine the feelings and behaviors of the individuals especially the audience. The study focused on steering the individual to a productive and self-assured individual through participatory theatre approach. The study discovers that psycho cyberntic and theatre in education marriage leads to individual’s self discovery and improved intellectual power. The study concludes that steering the individual projects a mirror of the distorted self and offers an opportunity for self-examination in real-time.