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The proscenium curve has flattened
Updated On: 02 August, 2020 07:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Gitanjali Chandrasekharan
The last frontier of theatre has arrived. What does watching a play on screen feel like?
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Vivek Madan during a performance of Every Brilliant Thing
Why do we watch plays? At a time, when you simply can't run out of OTT options, what form of entertainment does a theatre performance provide?
As QTP's Every Brilliant Thing (written in 2013 by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe) made it to Zoom over July, logging in to watch yet another thing online and having to watch people—many of whom knew each other—and ideally participate, as was the mandate of the interactive performance, caused both screen fatigue and brought on the anxiety of having to speak to people and interact in a social setting. Ironically, just a few days ago one had pined for social interaction. Perhaps for introverts, finding themselves in the midst of strangers is going to be more difficult than ever when socialising replaces social distancing.
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