Theatre experienced a paradigm shift in the 1960s and 1970s that largely determines its development to this day. Just as the stage places dramatic texts in new roles, new dramatic writings present theatre with new challenges.
It is precisely these transitions and the expansion of creative possibilities that are questioned in the discussions in this issue of Amfiteatar. Anna Maria Monteverdi deals with theatre history and analyses the role of video art in theatre from the 1970s to the present day.
Petra Pogorevc explores the boundaries of theatrical art and the acting body, addressing the question of absent actors in a fifty-year project North:: 1995–2045, where deceased actors are replaced by technological substitutes who will live an eternal life in Earth orbit at the end of the project.
On the political connotations of performance/performance Kapelj and Semenič in assembly Nika Leskovšek discusses. She shows that the political potential of this performance was not only in the way it was presented and the special way it was received (immersive theatre), but also in the use of Simona Semenič's dramatic text entitled while I almost say, or a parable about a ruler and wisdom.
Miša Glišič deals with the dramatic text and its transition from dramatic to no longer dramatic. Drama Still a storm Peter Handke is analyzed using Peter Szondi's concept of the absoluteness of drama.
The discussions prove that contemporary theatre is extremely complex and alive, constantly posing new questions and challenges for us researchers to analyze. The Amphitheatre has been and will continue to grapple with these in the future.
Gašper Troha
Discussions
Anna Maria Monteverdi
New forms of multimedia theater
The New Formats of the Multimedia Theatre
Petra Pogorevc
Body and Farewell – Noordung::1995–2045
The Body and Farewell – Noordung::1995–2045
Nika Leskovšek
Politically participatory theatre in the performance of Kapelj and Semenič in the making
The Politicality of Participatory Theater in Kapelj and Semenič under construction
Misa Glisic
Still the Storm by Peter Handke from the Perspective of Drama Theory
Storm Still by Peter Handke and Szondi's Theory of the Modern Drama
Reviews
Eva Kucera Šmon
Ana Kocjančič
Gasper Troha, editor.
Petra Pogorevc: Body and Farewell – Noordung::1995–2045.
Miša Glišić: Still the Storm by Peter Handke from the Perspective of Drama Theory.
Editor-in-chief: Assistant Professor Gašper Troha (UL FF, UL AGRFT)
Editorial Board: Prof. Dr. Bojana Kunst (Institute for Applied Theatre Sciences, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, DE), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barbara Orel (UL AGRFT), Mag. Primož Jesenko (SLOGI), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Blaž Lukan (UL AGRFT), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aldo Milohnić (UL AGRFT), Dr. Maja Šorli (self-employed in culture), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tomaž Toporišič (UL AGRFT)
International Editorial Board: Mark Amerika, MFA (University of Colorado, US), Assoc. prof. dr. Marin Blažević (University of Zagreb, HR), Ramsay Burt, PhD (De Montfort University, GB), Joshua Edelman, PhD (Manchester Metropolitan University, GB), Jure Gantar, PhD (Dalhousie University, CA), Janelle Reinelt, PhD (The University of Warwick, GB), Anneli Saro, PhD (Tartu Űlikool, EE), prof. dr. Miško Šuvaković (Singidunum University, RS), prof. Stephen Elliot Wilmer (Trinity College Dublin, IE)
Co-Publisher: Slovenian Theatre Institute, (Mojca Jan Zoran, director) and University of Ljubljana, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (Tomaž Gubenšek, dean)
The journal Amfiteater was founded by the University of Ljubljana AGRFT. In 2015, the journal began publishing in co-publishing with SLOGI. It remains a university scientific journal, with two issues per year.