DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHALLENGES FOR NIGERIAN THEATRE

ADUKU, Armstrong Idachaba (2018) DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHALLENGES FOR NIGERIAN THEATRE. In: TECHNICAL THEATRE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS IN NIGERIA: CELEBRATING OLATEJU WASEE KAREEM. Godfrey Okoye University, pp. 242-255.

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Abstract

This chapter looks at the challenges and opportunities offered by digital technology for the practice of Nigerian theatre. The chapter notes that digital technology offers a lot of potentials for the Nigerian theatre in terms of its impact in achieving artistic viability in the area of aesthetic appeal as well as in generating business and marketing potentials. The chapter examines the emerging transitions of technology application from the traditional theatre period to the modern. It analyzes the application of technology to the Nigerian film industry, the broadcast industry and the arts generally. The chapter concludes that technology and in this case digital technology is sine qua non to the growth of the art industry in Nigeria.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: GOUNI ICT
Date Deposited: 22 May 2018 12:48
Last Modified: 22 May 2018 12:48
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/142

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