Art Into Theatre investigates the processes of hybrid forms of performance developed between 1952 and 1994 through a series of interviews with key practitioners and over 80 pieces of documentation, many previously unpublished.

Introduction: Art into Theatre; John Cage; Carolee Schneemann; Barry Le Va; Dennis Oppenheim; Stuart Brisley; Joan Jonas; Richard Foreman; Michael Kirby; Anthony Howell (Theatre of Mistakes); Ping Chong; Richard Schechner; Linda Montano; Marina Abramovic; Julian Maynard Smith (Station House Opera); Cliff McLucas and Mike Pearson (Brith Gof); Tim Etchells and Richard Lowdon (Forced Entertainment Theatre Co-Operative); Elizabeth LeCompte (The Wooster Group)