Josephine Machon is Associate Professor in Contemporary Performance at Middlesex University, London. She is the author of The Punchdrunk Encyclopaedia (Routledge 2018), Immersive Theatres: Intimacy and Immediacy in Contemporary Performance (Palgrave Macmillan 2013) and (Syn)aesthetics: Redefining Visceral Performance (Palgrave Macmillan 2009, 2011), and has published widely on immersive, interactive and experiential performance practices.