This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record ; This article discusses four performance works which were designed to take place in street spaces. Each one set out to provoke discussion of the experience of navigating Bengaluru, India. These performances were commissioned as part of a research network project linking NIAS (Bengaluru) with the University of Exeter, UK. Each of the works maps an aspect of Bengaluru, revealing boundaries that might otherwise escape notice. The project's concern with urbanization places an emphasis on the urban periphery, redefined by these works in terms of the peripheries of institution, discourse, identity and enclave, rather than city limits. ‘Performing the Periphery’ is an AHRC network project that is looking at the ways in which performance is engaging with and affected by urban expansion in South India. This interdisciplinary project draws together scholars from humanities, social and natural sciences to exchange perspectives on the politics of performance. The works discussed were by Lawai BemBem, Smitha Cariappa, Abhishek Hazra, and Maraa and were commissioned as part of the first phase of the project, with curatorial assistance from Sumitra Sunder. Cathy Turner is the lead researcher, working with Sharada Srinivasan (NIAS); Anindya Sinha (NIAS); Jerri Daboo (Exeter) and Anne-Katrin Fenk (MOD Institute, Berlin/Bengaluru), as well as a wider network of researchers and artists. ; Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)