Bree Hadley is Associate Professor in Performance Studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Her research investigating the performance of identity in contemporary, pop cultural and public space performance has appeared in Disability, Public Space Performance and Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), and in journals such as Performance Research, About Performance, and Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies.

• List of Figures.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction,- 2. Social Media: Platforms, Networks and Influences.- 3. Social Media as Theatre Stage: Aesthetics, Affordances and Interactivities.- 4. Social Media as Critical Stage: Controversy, Debate and Democracy.- 5. Social Media as Cultural Stage: Co-Creation, Audience Collaboration, and the Construction of Theatre Cultures.- 6. Conclusion.- References.

Bree Hadley is Associate Professor in Performance Studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Her research investigating the performance of identity in contemporary, pop cultural and public space performance has appeared in Disability, Public Space Performance and Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), and in journals such as Performance Research, About Performance, and Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies.

• List of Figures.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction,- 2. Social Media: Platforms, Networks and Influences.- 3. Social Media as Theatre Stage: Aesthetics, Affordances and Interactivities.- 4. Social Media as Critical Stage: Controversy, Debate and Democracy.- 5. Social Media as Cultural Stage: Co-Creation, Audience Collaboration, and the Construction of Theatre Cultures.- 6. Conclusion.- References.

Bree Hadley is Associate Professor in Performance Studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Her research investigating the performance of identity in contemporary, pop cultural and public space performance has appeared in Disability, Public Space Performance and Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), and in journals such as Performance Research, About Performance, and Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies.

• List of Figures.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction,- 2. Social Media: Platforms, Networks and Influences.- 3. Social Media as Theatre Stage: Aesthetics, Affordances and Interactivities.- 4. Social Media as Critical Stage: Controversy, Debate and Democracy.- 5. Social Media as Cultural Stage: Co-Creation, Audience Collaboration, and the Construction of Theatre Cultures.- 6. Conclusion.- References.