Maltese Theatre in 2020: Possible Scenarios

Hard Times

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The workshop focused on the following points :

1. No subsidies
2. Number of companies lessens
3. Recession in Economy
4. Technology
5. Loss of interest
6. Actors employed elsewhere
7. Education

Let us imagine a scenario where the economy regresses and therefore government subsidies are stopped, or there is a substantial reduction from the present Lm300.000. The Arts Council has been removed. Let us suppose that only one theatre; theatre in Malta is a monopoly. This could mean that there may be a large number of companies but no space to work in or show their productions, and fewer sponsors. The situation is even worse in Gozo. The general public has lost interest in the theatre. People are more attracted by events using technology. They prefer going to the cinema or watching films at home rather than go to the theatre. Amateur theatre has no chance when faced by these advances. Education is too focused on technology, art and music to bother about theatre.

Since the educational system is only interested in facts, no theatre education is given.

However, a bleak scenario can also produce positive effects because when things are really bad, arts develop through rebellion. Theatre goes beyond subsidies. So since it would be impossible to subsidise a huge number of companies, the small group of professionals that would remain would receive added subsidy. The little theatre that would survive would be more focused and therefore more professional. Actors would be too busy working for television and other media to find time for the theatre. The reduced amount of theatre houses would imply greater professionalism. This professionalism can raise interest in theatre through tourism. The greater use of technology may on the one hand, diminish interest in the theatre, or it may increase it, due to the fact that people might become more interested in the human aspect offered by theatre, as opposed to the technological aspect.