Alston, Adam. 2025. Decadent scenography: Angel Rose Denman, Hollywood Goth. Afterimage, 52(2), pp. 24-46. ISSN 0300-7472
Alston, Adam. 2025. ‘We are living in a state of excrescence’: Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Lolly Adams and Wangechi Mutu. Contemporary Theatre Review, ISSN 1048-6801
Alston, Adam. 2024. "It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors": Dorian Gray 2.0. Cusp: Late 19th-/Early 20th-Century Cultures, 2(2), pp. 339-346. ISSN 2768-637X
Alston, Adam. 2021. ‘Burn the witch’: Decadence and the occult in contemporary feminist performance. Theatre Research International, 46(3), pp. 285-302. ISSN 0307-8833
Alston, Adam. 2019. Immersive theatre in austerity Britain: Les Enfants Terribles’ riot in the Saatchi Gallery and the liquidation of differencEngine. Contemporary Theatre Review, 29(3), pp. 238-255. ISSN 1048-6801
Alston, Adam. 2017. Immersive theatre and the aesthetics of decadence: on the ruined worlds of Punchdrunk, SHUNT and Hammer Film Productions. Theatre and Performance Design, 3(4), pp. 199-217. ISSN 2332-2551
Alston, Adam. 2016. Making Mistakes in Immersive Theatre: Spectatorship and Errant Immersion. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 4(1), pp. 61-73.
Alston, Adam. 2015. Performing labour in Look Left Look Right's Above and Beyond. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 20(1), pp. 50-61. ISSN 1356-9783
Alston, Adam. 2013. Audience Participation and Neoliberal Value: Risk, agency and responsibility in immersive theatre. Performance Research, 18(2), pp. 128-138. ISSN 1352-8165
Alston, Adam. 2012. Reflections on Intimacy and Narcissism in Ontroerend Goed's Personal Trilogy. Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance, 3(2), pp. 107-119. ISSN 1757-1979
Alston, Adam and Daker, Rebecca. 2012. Contemporary Theatre "Philanthropy" and the Purchase of Participatory Privilege. Contemporary Theatre Review, 22(3), pp. 433-437. ISSN 1048-6801
Alston, Adam. 2012. Damocles and the Plucked: Audience Participation and Risk in Half Cut. Contemporary Theatre Review, 22(3), pp. 344-354. ISSN 1048-6801
Alston, Adam. 2012. Funding, Product Placement and Drunkenness in Punchdrunk's The Black Diamond. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 32(2), pp. 193-208.
Artist's Book
Couch, Amanda and Alston, Adam. 2019. Digesting Ritual.
Book
Alston, Adam. 2023. Staging Decadence: Theatre, Performance, and the Ends of Capitalism. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350237049
Alston, Adam. 2016. Beyond Immersive Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137480446
Book Section
Alston, Adam. 2023. Decadence and the Antitheatrical Prejudice. In: Dustin Friedman and Kristin Mahoney, eds. Nineteenth-Century Literature in Transition: The 1890s. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 264-284. ISBN 9781009063852
Alston, Adam. 2019. Holstein’s hair: The Politics of Decadence in The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein’s Splat! In: Peter Eckersall and Helena Grehan, eds. The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics. Routledge. ISBN 9781138303485
Alston, Adam. 2016. 'Tell no-one': Secret Cinema and the Paradox of Secrecy. In: Anna Harpin and Helen Nicholson, eds. Performance and Participation: Practices, Audiences, Politics. Red Globe Press (Macmillan International). ISBN 9781137393173
Alston, Adam. 2016. The Promise of Experience: Immersive Theatre in the Experience Economy. In: James Frieze, ed. Reframing Immersive Theatre: The Politics and Pragmatics of Participatory Performance. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-36603-0
Alston, Adam. 2013. Politics in the Dark: Risk Perception, Affect and Emotion in Lundahl and Seitl’s Rotating in a Room of Images. In: Nicola Shaughnessy, ed. Affective Performance and Cognitive Science Body, Brain and Being. Bloomsbury (Methuen Drama). ISBN 9781408193150
Digital
Alston, Adam and Ideh, Amelia. 2020. Staging Decadence (project website).
Edited Book
Alston, Adam and Desmarais, Jane H., eds. 2024. Decadent Plays, 1890-1930. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350171824
Alston, Adam and Welton, Martin, eds. 2017. Theatre in the Dark: Shadow, Gloom and Blackout in Contemporary Theatre. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781474251181
Alston, Adam; Messias, Nando and Williams, Sam. 2023. Nando Messias: decadence, performance and the archive (Staging Decadence residency - Goldsmiths).
Alston, Adam and Parry, Owen. 2022. Staging Decadence (Documentary).
Performance
Alston, Adam. 2024. Staging Decadence: Decadent Costume. In: "V&A Late, Feminist Futures", V&A, United Kingdom, 26 April 2024.
Alston, Adam. 2023. Staging Decadence: Dress to Kill. In: "Staging Decadence: Dress to Kill", Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, 24 May 2023.
Alston, Adam; Parry, Owen and Rich Mix, Arts Centre. 2022. Staging Decadence (salon). In: "Staging Decadence (London salon)", Rich Mix, London, United Kingdom, 21 January 2022.
Alston, Adam; Desmarais, Jane H. and Meth, Jonathan. 2021. Decadent Plays. In: "Decadent Plays", The Albany, London, United Kingdom, 10 November 2021.
Alston, Adam; Parry, Owen and HERE, Arts Centre. 2021. HERE RAW: Staging Decadence. In: "HERE RAW: Staging Decadence", HERE, New York, United States, 9 September 2021.