Outputs (25)

‘Trust me, kid’: leadership style and how we train directors to talk to actors (2023)
Journal Article
Soto-Morettini, D. (2023). ‘Trust me, kid’: leadership style and how we train directors to talk to actors. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 14(3), 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2023.2243173

This essay considers some of the most relevant literature in business organisational studies and sports performance studies to see how we might apply work in these areas when training directors. While the protocols and practices are very different, b... Read More about ‘Trust me, kid’: leadership style and how we train directors to talk to actors.

Born Under a Bad Sign (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Soto-Morettini, D. Born Under a Bad Sign. [Play]. Performed at The Space on the Mile, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 8 August 2022

(2022, August) Born Under a Bad Sign (play) The Space on the Mile, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Listed Theatre Scotland 2022 Best Plays.

The Real Housewives of Ipswich: London Road, and the Relationship between Verbatim Theatre and Structured Reality Television (2022)
Book Chapter
Soto-Morettini, D. (2022). The Real Housewives of Ipswich: London Road, and the Relationship between Verbatim Theatre and Structured Reality Television. In S. Homan (Ed.), Playing with Reality: Denying, Manipulating, Converting, and Enhancing What Is There (73-80). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003256601-10

Verbatim Theatre and structured ‘reality television’ are rarely compared. But should they be? Constructed from the ‘real’, and relying on our faith that what we are watching is authentic, how do these forms differ? Why do we seem to bring a differ... Read More about The Real Housewives of Ipswich: London Road, and the Relationship between Verbatim Theatre and Structured Reality Television.

My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain (2022)
Book
Soto-Morettini, D. (2022). My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain. Bloomsbury Publishing

Based on the latest research into brain activity and human behaviour, this book puts forward a new way of thinking about the practice of acting. Specifically, My Character Wouldn't Do That considers the ways in which environment shapes us, how memory... Read More about My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain.

Theatre and the Digital Native (2020)
Book Chapter
Soto-Morettini, D. (2020). Theatre and the Digital Native. In S. Homan (Ed.), Why the Theatre (158-165). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003017615-26

Much of the discussion currently about generational differences between what has been called the “net generation” or “digital natives” and those raised before/during the rise of internet technology centers on how a generation of people who have been... Read More about Theatre and the Digital Native.

History on the Cusp of Myth: J.T.Rogers' Oslo (2018)
Journal Article
Soto-Morettini, D. (2018). History on the Cusp of Myth: J.T.Rogers' Oslo. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 6(2), 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1515/jcde-2018-0028

J.T. Rogers’ Oslo has had an extraordinary run for new ‘straight’ drama: sell-out performances both in New York and London, and 7 Tony nominations. But what is it? On the face of it, Oslo is a history play – a carefully imagined reconstruction of sec... Read More about History on the Cusp of Myth: J.T.Rogers' Oslo.

Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory (2018)
Book Chapter
Soto-Morettini, D. (2018). Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory. In E. Bryon, J. M. Bishop, D. McLaughlin, & J. Kaufman (Eds.), Embodied Cognition, Acting and Performance. Routledge

In two separate papers, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Robotics researcher Guy Hoffman takes as a starting point that actors have been in the business of reverse engineering human behaviour for centuries. In this paper, I follow the similar trajectorie... Read More about Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory.

The Shakespeares: Scenes from a Marriage (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Soto-Morettini, D. The Shakespeares: Scenes from a Marriage. [Play]. Performed at The Space on the Mile, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 7 August 2017

A new play, (2017 August) The Shakespeares: Scenes from a Marriage (play) The Space on the Mile, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

(2017 October) The Shakespeares: Scenes from a Marriage (play) Subsequently invited to be part of ‘From a Thistle to a Rose’... Read More about The Shakespeares: Scenes from a Marriage.

Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory (2017)
Journal Article
Soto-Morettini, D. (2017). Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory. Connection Science, 29(1), 64-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2016.1271398

In two separate papers, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Robotics researcher Guy Hoffman takes as a starting point that actors have been in the business of reverse engineering human behaviour for centuries. In this paper, I follow the similar trajectorie... Read More about Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory.

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition (2016)
Book
Soto-Morettini, D. (2016). Mastering the Shakespeare Audition. Bloomsbury Publishing

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition is a practical collection of approaches to analysing the structure of Shakespeare's monologue texts, understanding the prosody and metre, and building a solid preparation and rehearsal process.
Starting with how to... Read More about Mastering the Shakespeare Audition.