The performing arts, trying to recover from pandemia and adapt to new leisure models
Euskaraz Iraqurri: eszenikoak art, pandemiatik errekuperatu eta Aisia eredu berrere egokitzeko ahaleginean
He SCENIC ARTS SECTOR It is going through one difficult and complicated era. There is nothing more to see the data of recent years to notice the crudeness of the situation.
Two deep crises have hit the theaters and stages of Euskal Herria in recent years, the 2010 economic crisis First, and the 2020 pandemicafter. As a consequence, el Number of viewers has decreased 50 % since 2010 to 2022and the Functions have also dropped 30 %.
The decrease has not only occurred in terms of the number of spectators and actions. Public spending has also descendedfrom 15.8 euros per inhabitant in 2010 to 11.9 euros ten years later, which is a 25 % decrease in a decade.
Sector professionals They claim that this expense increases to 21 euros per inhabitant so that the theater can survive.
In addition, the data indicate that Theaters are not profitable to program theaterthey only recover 1 out of 2 euros they spend. Although in the case of companies the data is not so bad, since they have 4 % benefits.
It is estimated that each company or group has approximately 2.5 employees and their remuneration have fallen 4.3% in a decade. Professionals are clear that economically is not a profitable sector, but they claim that their social and cultural contribution must be valued.
The situation is very delicate, but there are also some ray of hopelike the Light upload of spectators of the last year: During the 2023-2024 course, spectators, especially adults, have increased by 7 %. Children’s shows lost a lot of audiences during the pandemic and is hard to recover it.
To all this we must add the Radical paradigm change in leisure who have brought with them screenswhich has not benefited the sector either. Therefore, directors, producers and agents of the theatrical sector are working to try to succeed in adapting productions to this digital society. Creating faithful communities, new dramaturgies, more immersive experiences and consolidating the habit of seeing theater will be some of the keys.
Source: Eitb
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