According to Lehmann and Primavesi’s Dramaturgy on Shifting Grounds, the current development of theatre and performance takes place in ‘changing cultural landscapes, defined by new media technologies and new perceptional habits’ (Lehmann and Primavesi, 2009, 3). This of course means that these shifting grounds that theatre institutions have to face because of this constant development of theatre and performance are indeed the ‘changing realities of a global media culture’ (Lehmann and Primavesi, 2009, 3). Needless to say, Lehmann and Primavesi state that this concept does not imply that theatre should adopt to these changes of media realities.
Considering Lehmann and Primavesi’s inclusion of media in relation to the current development of theatre and performance, I had decided to further research on media technologies’ involvement in these aspects, in the hope that media realities is considered in other issues in drama, theatre and performance.
Lehmann, H. and Primavesi, P. (2009) Performance and Research 14 (3), pp 3-6.