Sumit Lai Roy: Online theatre more accessible

New Delhi, Nov 14 Thesp around the world have discovered how theater can happen online where the audience and actor share the same space and time. They are in each other's presence and with it geography has become history in theatre, says Sumit Lai Roy, Festival Co-Director and Founder Member, The Red Curtain International.

The Red Curtain International has announced the finalists in their 'Good The@ter Festival and Awards' created to honour the best theater talent in the world that have performed online, to a real-time audience, irrespective of geographies, boundaries, language barriers, and definitely the world crisis. It takes place on November 21, 22, 28 and 29.

The pandemic forced a new normal, even for theatre and live performances. What does the group think of theatre adapting and going digital?

"Evolution is always good. We think of theatre as the unique performance chemistry that happens when the audience and the actor share the same time and space. We have renamed digital performances that do not shut out the audience

( With inputs from IANS )

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