Internet: Curse or Blessing

Critical Stages

关键词: public sphere;    digitalization;    streaming;    internet-based theatre;    criticism;    nachtkritik.de;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

During the COVID-19 crisis, theatre and all performing arts became invisible and, suddenly, were left with only the Internet to both create and reach the public. While theatre never became friends with Internet and digitilization, it considered itself an alternative, instead of acknowledging the possibility that theatre might even be subject to changes as a result of digitalization. This means that the ongoing crisis could rather be perceived as a salutary shock and thus an unintended laboratory test which is going to examine the future viability of theatre. We, the German-based platform for theatre criticism nachtkritik.de, were prepared for the crisis in so far as we were born as a digital medium in 2007. Ever since, we have tried to encourage a dialogue and convince the theatre community that theatre and technology do not contradict each other but, instead, complement each other.

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