www.intermissionmagazine.ca: Having just marked the first year of lockdown, there is another dubious celebration ahead for theatre-makers and theatre-lovers: the one-year anniversary of seeing (or doing) our first online play.
I’m not here to tell you that online performances are the future of theatre. I’m not here to say that cramped black-box spaces, or lavish thousand-seat auditoriums are dead. I can’t wait to get back into those spaces—sitting cheek-by-jowl with a bunch of strangers.
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I honestly think this article is way better than the ones complaining or lamenting about not being able to have the in-person performances. I do think that indeed people will use zoom less frequently so remote theatrical performances will certainly have less demand. However, I do not think that should be the reason to stop making or trying new stuffs for the online performances. And I think the content was very helpful as well. I am glad that the writer pointed out the short running time to be one of the first things to consider, since I agree with it being one of the biggest weaknesses that the online performances have — audience can simply close their screen when they feel bored instead of having to stay in the seat, and are of course, easily distracted as well. I also liked the part with having a pre-show video, as I felt the exact same thing (doubting if my Internet was going to work) the last time I went to the virtual performance.
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