1Modern theatre has moved far beyond painted backdrops, simple props, and heavy wooden stage scenery.
2Digital projections now allow a single bare stage to become a forest, a crowded city, or the open sea.
3Some ambitious productions use motion sensors, so that the scenery itself responds to every movement the actors make.
4During the recent lockdowns, many theatre companies streamed their live performances directly into people's homes around the world.
5This bold experiment reached audiences who could never have afforded an expensive theatre ticket before.
6Yet something essential is lost when the actor and the audience are not breathing the same air in the same room.
7The shared silence before the final scene simply cannot be reproduced through a cold glass screen.
8In my own productions, I try to use technology as a humble servant rather than a demanding master.
9A clever projection should deepen the audience's understanding of the story, not distract them from it.
10Theatre has survived for thousands of years precisely because it has never been afraid of changing its form.
11I firmly believe the stage will absorb these new tools, just as it once absorbed electric light and recorded sound.