Can e-theatre replace live performance?

Can e-theatre replace live performance?
Kritika, undergraduate theatre student at Christ University
By Sharvi Sharma

New Delhi: The subject of theater has capitulated to the tension and anxiety the COVID-19 pandemic has caused to the immediate and close interactions. With featuring in online plays and learning to get a dramatic encounter on the web, to envisioning the quintessence of acting face to face, the aspiring students of dramatics and theater have now recently been restricted to online courses and webinars.

The learning that happens by creatively communicating dialogues, having to practically and physically enact plots and to have the option of collaborating with various individuals face to face, is a route not quite the same as watching and observing YouTube recordings.

The college freshers this year had to resort to recording monologues for their end semester exams as opposed to their seniors who had the privilege to perform the act in front of a live audience.

“At times I consider myself lucky to not learn long discourses, but at the same time I would love to get an experience of performing on stage,” said Kritika, an 18-year-old undergraduate theatre student from Christ University, Bangalore. Their seniors, who have just had the chance and introduction to learn by rehearsing, have begun to join startups which additionally are broadcasting their shows on the web. “I am always sulking in classes, even though I love the subject, as I would love a little in-person drama,” she added, chuckling.
Kritika Thapar performing her acts before a mirror.

Rehearsing different roles and expressing emotions through monologues with unsolicited judgement by anyone, is an inspiration and opportunity to improve at it and work harder. Students are looking forward to classes in campus where they do live performances. The presence of an entire team additionally is also fruitful. A variety of skilled individuals belonging to different bionetworks, also contributes to show success.

The 2020 pandemic has challenged live performances, along with a plethora of creative fields. Be that as it may, many believe that the very essence and creativity of live audiences and staged shows cannot get less integral for the art of acting and drama.

(The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of The Times School of Media.)

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