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Theater of Lockdown - Digital and Distanced Performance in a Time of Pandemic (Hardcover)
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Theater of Lockdown - Digital and Distanced Performance in a Time of Pandemic (Hardcover)
Series: Methuen Drama Agitations: Text, Politics and Performances
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Offering one of the first scholarly examinations of digital and
distanced performance since the global shutdown of theaters in
March 2020, Barbara Fuchs provides both a record of the changes and
a framework for thinking through theater's transformation. Though
born of necessity, recent productions offer a new world of
practice, from multi-platform plays on Zoom, WhatsApp, and
Instagram, to enhancement via filters and augmented reality, to
urban distanced theater that enlivens streetscapes and building
courtyards. Based largely outside the commercial theater, these
productions transcend geographic and financial barriers to access
new audiences, while offering a lifeline to artists. This study
charts how virtual theater puts pressure on existing assumptions
and definitions, transforming the conditions of both theater-making
and viewership. How are participatory, site-specific, or devised
theater altered under physical-distancing requirements? How do
digital productions blur the line between film and theater? What
does liveness mean in a time of pandemic? In its seven chapters,
Theater of Lockdown focuses on digital and distanced productions
from the Americas, Europe, and Australia, offering scholarly
analysis and interviews. Productions examined include Theater in
Quarantine's "closet work" in New York; Forced Entertainment's
(Sheffield, UK), End Meeting for All, I, II, and III; the work of
Madrid-based company Grumelot; and the virtuosic showmanship of EFE
Tres in Mexico City.
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