Theatre Q. How important is the theatre in your country’s history? Answer

Discussion topics: Theatre

Q. How important is the theatre in your country’s history?
Answer: New Zealand has quite a strong history of drama, theatre acts and singing. It was generally the sort of entertainment intellectual and wealthy people sought for in the past. And they used to enjoy such performance with great fervour and enthusiasm.

People who were involved in creating and producing dramas and theatrical acts have helped preserve our own cultural values and ideologies, and we are proud of this glorious past. However, it is a matter of great regret that, this trend is declining day by day and people, specifically the youth, are becoming more smartphone-oriented rather than enjoying a great performance at a theatre.

Answer Uzbekistan has a strong background in drama, music and dance. As in so many areas of Uzbek culture, there are two broad sectors: indigenous Uzbek performing arts (with classical and folk subsections) and international/European arts. There is no sharp divide between foreign and indigenous traditions: they overlap and intermingle in structure, motifs and performance techniques. Moreover, individual performers will often be equally skilled in the Uzbek and Western classical traditions.

Q. How strong a tradition is it today in your country to go to the theatre?
Answer: Despite a declining trend, it is still a much stronger trend in my country for people to go to the theatre and enjoy movies and dramas. Watching a theatrical performance or a movie at a theatre is more than just enjoying the acts, it is rather a social activity that brings people together.

Answer. I can mentioned that nowadays, going to theater is so low in my country because everybody accustomed to surving Internet medias such as YouTube or other apps.

Q. Do you think the theatre should be run as a business or as a public service?
Answer: As far as the issue of “whether theatre should be run as a business or public service” is concerned, let’s just say that in an increasingly free-economy, it is not possible to run a cultural thing like “theatre” as a public service since they receive very little or no public funds from the governments. Besides, theatre is not an “absolute necessity” for the people, and as such, it is not entitled to receive any public funds. So, the theatre has to be run as a “business enterprise” if it has to survive.

The theater is art, so it ideally should be supported by both the private and public sector. It’s important that the public sector protect the traditions we have and make art, such as theater. Accessible to people who might be interested in it, especially children.But from a commercial point of view, it’s the patrons of the theater that really need to fund theater groups who regularly put on productions.There is national theater group patronized by the government, and I think that one is enough. Others that want to produce drama for the theater should find their funding from private sources, donors, sponsors, etc.

The theater is like sport, done by a few people for the enjoyment of many; if it’s good and popular it will be successful and funding will be available, but nobody wants to finance a soccer team which always loses, so why should the public finance theater groups which aren’t successful.