Theatre heals the soul!

[incompleteruler]

I went to the theatre today! And I was immediately reminded of how much I love theatre!! 

I've loved acting ever since I was a child and there's nothing like standing on stage to me. But watching plays is just as important, and something I think everyone should do... I understand acting isn't for everyone, but I truly believe there's a play for everyone out there. The thing with plays is that you'll never watch the same one twice, even if it's in the same location with the same cast and supervised by the same director. Every time a play is represented is unique to, and I think that's so beautiful. 

Unfortunately I feel like theatre is an art that's really underappreciated these days (man, I sound like a grandpa saying this. I'm an eighteen year old guy!!), and I don't really understand why. The seats were all sold out but most people were elders, and there's nothing wrong with that obviously, but I do wish the younger generations would appreciate it a bit more. I feel like this is the case with a lot of art forms anyway, but at least people read books and listen to music. However, I can't help but notice that I don't usually hear someone say they're going to the theatre. I understand that it might sound time-consuming, but any time spent in the theatre is time well spent! 

I'm obviously very biased with this because acting has always been one of the things I hold closest to my heart, but I really just wish more people opened the door to the vast worlds theatre has to offer. Either way, I'm just really happy to have finally gone to the theatre to watch a play again (I do frequent my local theatre, but it's to act, not to watch others act lol). It's good for my soul I think, it's one of those things that never fail to make me feel alive. It makes me happy to know it's not just me who shares the feeling and that theatre is something many people before me have also loved dearly. 

On that note I'm really excited to study Classical plays in class. I don't know when that will be, I think I'll have to wait until next year, but I've read a few already and I'm looking forward to studying them in more depth as well as translating them, though I'm not sure if that's something we'll do in uni but we probably will eventually.

Comments

[alatus_nemeseos]

I think part of why theatre isn’t as frequented by younger people (myself included) it’s because it’s not advertised as much as movies, series or music, nor does it have social media status such as “booktok”, for example (there’s the theatre fandom but that’s a whole different thing). It really is underappreciated — and it doesn’t seem out of scope for most in terms of price (only if it’s a big production, I assume), so its sad plays aren’t as popular as other storytelling mediums :(. This will definitely make me check more local theatre schedules to see what’s on.

[incompleteruler]

Definitely! It's not anyone's fault, really, but it's sad to see. Even more when you consider that one of the reasons it's not widely advertised is, probably, because it's not taken that seriously even though it's as respectable as any other form of art is. The only productions I've seen advertised to the general public (in TV, bus stops etc) are productions from big companies which are usually more expensive in comparison too. But like I said there's a play for everyone out there! I hope you can find one to your liking as well!