Canada's professional theatre evolved out of the amateur little theatre movement, which involved Canadian playwrights and performers and which developed a knowledgeable and appreciative audience.
In her estimation, the growing enthusiasm for serious, sophisticated puppetry is part of the wider trend for interactive theatre: "We're all storytellers and that's very much in keeping with how theatre is evolving... What puppetry invites you to do is to become part of the story".
Guardian contributor JanetSuzman1 17 June 2014 1 09pm Well look South African theatre is evolving and changing and reacting to the tempers and the temperatures of the time.
If government funding was withdrawn, how would theatre evolve to cope?
A second theory proposes that theatre evolved from shamanistic rituals that manifested a supernatural presence to the audience, as opposed to giving a symbolic representation of it.
Hence, outside stimulus was lacking, and the Islamic disapproval of idolatry was so intense that when the shadow theatre evolved in the East, in the late Middle Ages, the puppets were regularly punched with holes to show that they were lifeless.
While contemporary dance is sensitive to the changing currents and evolving spirit of today's theatre, ballet – and especially story-ballet – all too often seems to hold itself aloof.
One thing's for sure: theatre, as it's evolving now, is going to throw up more and more sophisticated hybrids.
After the mid-1960s, Arrabal's plays became increasingly formal and ritualistic, evolving into what Arrabal called Théâtre Panique ("Panic Theatre").
