Connections

A Virtual Theatre Experiment in a Medieval Village

Authors

  • Simona Brunetti Performing Arts, Verona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/sjtds.v7i1.324

Abstract

During the 22nd edition of Collinarea, Festival di Teatro Arte e Tecnologia (Collinarea, Theatre, Art and Technology Festival) the event Connections, created by Mirco Mencacci and by Artistic Director Loris Seghizzi, took place in Lari. The whole village was cabled with optic fibres to set up the first theatre experiment with different and separately located stages. The social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic offered the occasion to stage a polytopic performance in the streets of the village, located in the Tuscan hills. The play, just like any TV broadcast, was coordinated remotely from a control centre at the municipal theatre. Each of the three sites set up for the event included a stage for live performances and used screen mirroring to stream the event in a sort of intertwined narrative. This paper describes the performance with a focus on its contemporary rewriting of Sophocles’ Ajax by the theatre companies Civilleri-Lo Sicco and Scenica Frammenti.

Keywords: virtual stages; polytopic performance; Sophocles’ Ajax; contemporary rewriting

Author Biography

  • Simona Brunetti, Performing Arts, Verona
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Published

2021-06-30

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