Tiyatronun Rönesansı: Pandemi Döneminde Dijitalleşme ve Britanya Tiyatrosu

Year 2024, Issue: Sanatta Dijitalizm Özel Sayısı, 35 - 54, 28.11.2024

Gamze Şentürk Tatar

https://doi.org/10.17484/yedi.1447358

Abstract

2019 yılında ortaya çıkıp dünyayı etkisi altına alan ve insanları evlerine hapseden pandemi süreci, tiyatro başta olmak üzere sahne sanatları üzerinde benzersiz bir etki yaratarak sahneyi bir dönüşüme uğratmıştır. Bu süreçte sahne sanatları alanında gelişen yeni duruma uygun olarak önlemler alınmaya çalışılmış ve sahne adeta yeniden şekillenmeye başlamıştır. Tiyatroda köklü değişikliklerin olduğu bu dönemde Britanya tiyatrosu da önerdiği yenilikçi ve deneysel uygulamalarla pandemi sürecini yönetmeye çalışmıştır. Kuşkusuz bu noktada teknolojinin sunduğu katkı göz ardı edilemez. Pandemi sürecinde dijitalleşen tiyatro, seyircisine yeni deneyimler yaşatmıştır. Sanatın evrensel gücünün bir kez daha anlaşıldığı bu süreçte teknoloji, biçim, içerik ve uygulama açısından tiyatroyu destekleyici bir unsur olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Seyircisini oyunla buluşturan ve yenilikçi biçimlerin kullanılmasına büyük olanaklar tanıyan teknolojinin tiyatroda bir dönüşüm yaratması söz konusu olmuştur ve adeta tiyatroda bir rönesans yaşanmıştır. Bu çalışma, Britanya tiyatrosunun pandemi sürecini teknolojinin verdiği imkânlarla nasıl aştığını ortaya koymayı ve pandemi sürecinde tiyatro-teknoloji etkileşimini açığa çıkararak teknoloji çağında tiyatro endüstrisinin geleceğini tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Pandemi, Tiyatro, Teknoloji, Britanya Tiyatrosu, dijitalleşme

Renaissance of Theatre: Digitalisation and British Theatre in the Pandemic

Abstract

The pandemic process, which emerged in 2019 and affected the world and confined people at home, had a unique impact on performing arts, especially theatre, and transformed the stage. In this process, measures were tried to be taken in accordance with the new situation developing in the field of performing arts and the stage started to be reshaped. British theatre also attempted to cope with the pandemic process through innovative and experimental practices during this period of radical change in theatre. Undoubtedly, the contribution of technology cannot be ignored at this point. The theatre, which became digital during the pandemic process, offered new experiences to its audience. In this process, where the universal power of art is once again understood, technology has emerged as a supportive element of theatre in terms of form, content, and practice. Technology, which brings the audience together with the play and provides great opportunities for the use of innovative forms, has created a transformation in the theatre and it is almost a renaissance in theatre. This study aims to reveal how the British theatre overcame the pandemic process with the opportunities provided by technology and to discuss the future of the theatre industry in the age of technology by revealing the theatre-technology interaction during the pandemic process.

Keywords

Pandemic, Theatre, Technology, British Theatre, digitalisation

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