Interpretations of the Relationship Between Theatre and Crisis
Interpretations of the Relationship Between Theatre and Crisis

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to analyse the relationship between theatre and crisis from the viewpoint of the role played by the theatre in exploring and presenting extreme situations, namely crisis situations. The impact of crisis on theatre determines the apparition of different theatrical viewpoints which are not meant to offer concrete solutions to the crisis, but which may contribute to the identification of possible ways of solving it due to its capacity to reveal certain aspects of the crisis which manifests itself on different levels of reality. At the same time, this relationship is viewed from the perspective of Antonin Artaud, The Living Theatre, Jerzy Grotowski and Samuel Beckett. Moreover, the paper makes reference to the fact that, in the current pandemic, the theatre performance faces a specific crisis, that is the crisis of audience.

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