Theatre in the Digital World. The Experiment  of Theater Treffen 2020 Cover Image

Театърът в дигиталния свят. Експериментът Theater Treffen 2020
Theatre in the Digital World. The Experiment of Theater Treffen 2020

Author(s): Violeta Decheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Higher Education
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Theater Treffen; theatre; festival; online; digital; context; streaming

Summary/Abstract: An overview and analysis of Berliner Theater Treffen 2020. Existing already for 56 years,this major European theatre festival and the most representative one for the Germanspeakingworld ventured on its first online edition. COVID-19 situation has not onlyactivated the ongoing discussions on the influence of digital technologies on theatre,but has made it a most urgent topic. It has become central because of the isolation,the sudden flood of streamings of concerts, performances, films, etc. Two topics seemespecially important in the festival context. First, how to make theatre in a digitalformat and what kind of theatre phenomena are produced in consequence of suchexperiments. Second, what are the possibilities when streaming theatre productions.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 8-17
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian