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Can theatre survive the pandemic era? If flattening the curve does not mean the end of COVID-19, and pandemics caused by different kinds of viruses become an inevitable part of our future, how should the theatre community navigate its way forward? If we face another situation where theatres are forced to shut down or performances with a live audience are restricted, should we all stop again? A local Korean theatre company has flatly said “no” to this idea and decided to explore a sustainable theatre model that could work in the COVID-19 era by tweaking how theatre works. Theatre Group Sungbukdong Beedulgee (SB)’s experiment involves a standard theatrical approach that examines non-contact interactions within contact interactions, where the two elements are complementary rather than in competition. This paper focuses on directing and acting techniques maximizing Bertolt Brecht’s concept of alienation with particular reference to SB’s Brecht’s Alienation Effect. |
