The range of digital programming has exploded during the lockdowns, making comedy and theatre more accessible to a broader audience. But is this trend just a pandemic measure or an ongoing change to how we consume live entertainment?
Years ago, Canberra-based performance artist and disability advocate Hanna Cormick drafted an email to Britain’s National Theatre that she never sent. In it, she asked why the institution didn’t make its archives available online instead of just doing limited theatrical runs.