Sunday 21 October 2012

A Theatre


Before, people do watch in the theater to see a drama live. They want to feel the intensity of the story and how it was done by the character who portray the role. But nowadays, theater is no longer popular with some of us. We usually buy a DVD copy to watch it at home, and some go to the cinema watch a movie.

I seldom download a movie on internet and watch it alone. I don't go to theaters, unless it is required to my course. There is no one who doesn't know what is happening inside a theater. But some of us don't appreciate it. Before, I go to PETA and watch a play entitled "William".

I was about to look of an information of that play and suddenly I came across in this article Understanding Shakespeare in WilliamIt says in this article, that everyone knows William Shakespeare but not about his life. And that's why PETA introduce this play to all students. It was done in a theater.

I could say that a play needed a lot of time to prepare, and then I looked for an article about how to prepare onstage performance, and I saw this article on How to Prepare For a Stage Performance. A theater should use a sound effects, light effects, and a good place to perform.

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place.

Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance.

In the Philippines, the zarzuela (or sarsuwela) was supported financially by Imelda Marcos. In addition, Zarzuela Ilocana has been staged in the Ilocano dialect.

There is also a strong tradition in the Philippines where it is also known as sarswela/sarsuela.

Today, theater includes performances of plays and musicals. Although it included an opera and ballet.


In the Philippines, many talents are first made known in the field of theater arts. In fact, theatre arts have been part of the Filipino tradition and serve effectively as a medium of social awareness. It is also a means of generous and artful way of expressing opinions and talents.

As part of the Philippine tradition, theater arts use in many festivals and occasions are celebrated in the country.

Today, the theatre industry is one of the factors that brings the Philippines into the world’s spotlight. Many famous theatrical productions are played in other countries while they open doors to our Filipino talents for world class performances.


Korean Theatre is theatre done on stage by Koreans or within Korea or by overseas Koreans. Korean theatre remains vibrant today. Korean theatre before the 20th century was more 'performance' than 'drama'. There was no plot driven drama, and all the performative presentations, including dance, shaman ritual, and circus were called Nolum (놀음) or Yeonhee (연희), which means 'playing'.

In my point of view, without theater it would not be an enjoyable experience for any of us who really want more to watch a play live or personally. Theater can use different type of styles just to make it real, they can use water for rain, sounds for wind, lights for sun and some things for chairs.

Being a performing artist, it's not easy to perform in a theater play, and you should have the talent or potential capability to act, sing and dance to stage and provide an entertainment to a lot of audience.

Theater has a lot of contribution to our beloved country, the Philippines. It brings into the world's spotlight. And some of our performing artists play for world class performances.

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