Reflections on Place in Telematic Performances

This article is based on two telematic theatre productions to better understand the
possibilities of the digital medium as well as the artistic challenges it brings. When producing the performances, the technology was very much in focus: how to act in front of the camera, how to relate to each other remotely and how the audience would watch the finished result became artistic problems that needed to be solved during the process. In this article, I outline some of the learning outcomes on acting, storytelling and production design when working with digital theatre in these two productions, with a particular focus on the notion of place in digital performance.