Audience Perception during Theatre Performance

This diploma thesis is about audience of theatre performance. It focuses on specificity of individual perception but also on perception of the audience as a unit and it examines relations between them. The thesis is based on interdisciplinary cooperation of theatre studies, cognitive science, neuroscience and psychology. It finds its goal at the topic analysis based on approach of theatre and cognitive studies. It offers a few ways, that is possible to use during the perception analysis and its specificity. In the final part it offers several ways of experimental research of the topic and its risks. Key words: theatre, spectator, perception, memory, cognitive science, psycholog