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Theatre & Performance Design Template

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About the Theatre & Performance Design format

Theatre & Performance Design is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Theatre and Performance Studies, Posthumanist Ethics and Activism, Art, Politics, and Modernism.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Theatre & Performance Design 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inTheatre and Performance Studies Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Art, Politics, and Modernism Artistic and Creative Research Visual Culture and Art Theory
ISSN2332-2551
Citation impact (2-yr)0.13
h-index11
i10-index14
Total citations534
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of the Arts London
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Theatre & Performance Design per year

38
2015
39
2016
27
2017
31
2018
30
2019
39
2020
23
2021
26
2022
24
2023
29
2024
26
2025

Citation impact of Theatre & Performance Design by publication year

144
2015
73
2016
66
2017
52
2018
51
2019
59
2020
54
2021
10
2022
17
2023
7
2024
0
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Theatre & Performance Design

Headphone listening in live performance: a phenomenology of sound design

Chris Wenn · 3 Jul 2015

What is it to wear headphones as Audience? In recent years the availability of relatively low-cost wireless headphone technology has meant an increase in performances that use the phenomenological potential of intimate, ‘secret’ listening as a theatrical element. However, the very mode of headphone listening – personal, private, ‘interior’ – is at odds with the…

Infrasonic tones in theatrical design: transgressive vibrations towards an aural dramaturgy for all

Jess Kaufman, Jennifer K. Bates, Griffyn Gilligan et al. · 1 Oct 2016

Infrasonic tones are surprisingly transgressive. Defined for our purposes as pitches at or below the threshold of 220 Hz, infrasonic tones are so low that we are not usually aware we are hearing them. When thinking about what ‘sounds good’, designers rely on assumptions about sound and what it means to hear. One primary presupposition…

Thinking with costume and material: a critical approach to (new) costume ecologies

Sofia Pantouvaki, Ingvill Fossheim, Susanna Suurla · 2 Oct 2021

This article intends to shift current discourse on material thinking and agency from thinking of and through materials to thinking with materials; we therefore argue that re-locating the affects and agency of costume materiality in the changing material environment at this current moment is essential. Responding to the global environmental crisis and based on the…

Ecomaterialism in scenography

Tanja Beer · 2 Apr 2016

Contemporary ecological concerns bring with them an opportunity for innovation; to rethink traditional practices and forge ecologically inspired approaches that push intellectual and creative boundaries. This article investigates contemporary notions of ecology and materialism (‘ecomaterialism’), which abandon traditional disciplinary divides and seek to unify the human self with the broader system of ecological organisation. Using…

Theatre & Performance Design template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Theatre & Performance Design format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Theatre & Performance Design template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Theatre & Performance Design use?
Theatre & Performance Design uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Theatre & Performance Design 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Theatre & Performance Design?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Theatre & Performance Design document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Theatre & Performance Design?
Theatre & Performance Design is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Theatre & Performance Design template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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