Use of Puppets and multimedia

Use of Puppets and Multimedia
1. To what extent has modern theatre succesfully incorporated puppetry and/or multimedia? Does this enhance or detract form the overall production? use exmaples form local productions you have seen, if possible.

With rapid advancements in technology i would say that modern theatre has succesfully incorporated multimedia. Indeed there has been a growing use of multimedia in modern theatre.For example in the recent SRT's production of the Midsummer Night's Dream there was a wide usage of laser lighting, video projections and many more. This helped to bring out the whole dreamy effect of the play and it captured the attention of the audience even better. It was also a way that kept the audiences going if they ever did find it a bore. However i would say that too much usage of multimedia in modern theatre would turn out to be disastrous and it may lose the effectivenss. Not at all times can multimedia be used. Sometimes it is just way better to act it out. Therefore i would say that multimedia has successfully been incorporated into modern theatre. But there is definitely a limit to how much one should use multimedia in a play.

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