Affectual Dramaturgy for Augmented Reality Immersive Heritage Performance

This paper introduces the concept of Affectual Dramaturgy as a lens for creating digitally mediated immersive performances in context cultural heritage. In doing so we bring together two disciplines, smartglass Augmented Reality design (AR) and heritage performance, with aim to innovate experiences built sites.For both experience building uses interactive methods engage public tangible intangible site. Immersive performance incorporates narrative-led, affective, ludic techniques found virtual live participatory theatre practice. Smartglass AR communicate viewer how place was past by means superimposing on physical space material accompanied audio.However, often, orchestration does not take into account superimposition digital information misses an opportunity connect existing narrative site tapping its rich dramatic potential. article explores can blend through embodied storytelling designed draw public’s attention their sensorial site, offer them deeper understanding place’s history, which refer affectual dramaturgy. By fusing embodied, affectual, engagement this interdisciplinary collaborations between may create innovative tools tell stories 21st century museums.