Being in the college theatre production team, theater is always the ‘in’ thing to experience, the ‘in’ thing to do. I personally don’t think of theatre as an out of date matter. As a matter of fact I think of theatre as a cultured thing to do. Human is supposed to be cultured, don’t you think?
However, when one really thinks about how popular theatre is to the general public, it makes me wonder whether theatre plays any significant role to the public who are not directly involved with it.
No doubt the theatre is losing its audience to films and television, but theatre will never get out of date. Theatre has been around for centuries and has evolved ever since.
It is not our culture in Malaysia to go and catch theatrical plays. It is always “lets hit the cinema” or “lets stay at home and watch DVD” attitude. Most of us are not nurtured by our parents to appreciate theatre, or even arts in general. Theatre has always been seen as an upper class affair, where proper etiquette is compulsory, and the rich and famous socialize. That is not true at all. Theatre is a source of entertainment. It has its own unique quality o be appreciated.
Honestly, I think that we as a society have surrounded ourselves with the latest, fastest, and cheapest ways of getting entertainment. Downloading movies online only takes seconds to accomplish, or grabbing a remote to watch a television show without even having to walk two feet…we as a society have drowned ourselves with the convenience of home. Other than that, the nature of the movies itself, the great variety of film it offers with lots of special effects wins over the society better than the theater can.
People find theater being too much of a hassle. Getting dressed, traveling to the theater, paying money to only see a performance once is considered to be inconvenient. Plus there are no special effects in theatre. Yet, there is more to theatre than what one expects it to be. Theatre is an experience!
Theatre is absolutely not out of date, it just lacks enthusiasts.
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