The concept of permanence in contemporary Iraqi theatrical performance

Abstract

From a philosophical point of view, which considers the structure as an essence regardless of time and place, and where the angle of view of the structure of the Greek theater is equal to the structure of the postmodern theatrical performance, because permanence is represented in temporal and spatial relations and in the behavior of the theatrical elements from the beginning of the theatrical performance until its end. Thus, the permanence of the theater stems from the fact that it moves in the space of the present time, whatever its structure and form, without tending to stability and stagnation, because the present is subject to transformation and change. It is an elapsed time that is replaced by a new present and another that has passed and ended. Thus, every theatrical act is the result of a specific historical moment that refers to a new dramatic moment that has its own place and time, indicating that the theater in its composition is a dialectical communicative act that does not settle in any situation, and every moment The existence of a new play that represents a new formation that is separate with what preceded it and a separator for what comes after it, so that each show takes its own permanence. Accordingly, the relationship between the recipient and the show is one of harmony and communication. On the aesthetic level, the expectation of style and form in theatrical performance usually matches its intellectual content, which makes the recipient feel satisfied and his interpretive means match the course of events in the show. Which means that the horizon of expectations is not exposed to breaking, but to communication and integration with the course of events on the stage, so that theatrical practice becomes a shared life experience between the producer of the show and its recipient. It is the basic necessity from which the researcher set out to stop and then examine this problem and formulate it in the form of a title that emanated from a question within the research that states the following:
How is continuity achieved in the structure of the show, which is made up of different elements, thus leading to harmony and the overall unity of the theatrical show?