The unprecedented suspension of cultural events across Europe in March 2020 had a profound impact on the performing arts. Alongside the proliferation of digital and hybrid modes of theatre-making, the Covid-19 pandemic has also precipitated a substantive shift in how theatres operate at both institutional and organizational levels in an attempt to respond to the volatile economic impact of the pandemic on the culture sector. This has provided a decisive moment for the reinterpretation of the theatre landscape, raising fundamental questions relating to institutional transformation that challenge precarious working models and entrenched hierarchical divides. Drawing on wider transnational research as part of the ‘Theatre after Covid’ project, this article examines the institutional effects of the pandemic on theatre and performance in the United Kingdom and the German-speaking countries. It details the findings of a wide-ranging survey conducted in 2022 with theatre workers and organizations that address how the industry is adapting and transforming in response to the crisis. Using this new data as a starting point, it analyzes how new forms of artistic innovation have emerged during Covid-19. By focusing on these institutional and aesthetic developments, the article argues that the pandemic has produced a paradigm shift that has crucially reinscribed how theatre is created, programmed, and understood.

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记录危机：德语国家和英国的艺术创新和制度转型

2020 年 3 月，欧洲各地史无前例的文化活动暂停，对表演艺术产生了深远的影响。除了戏剧制作的数字化和混合模式的激增之外，Covid-19大流行还促使剧院在机构和组织层面上的运作方式发生了实质性转变，以应对这一流行病对文化造成的不稳定的经济影响部门。这为重新诠释剧院景观提供了决定性的时刻，提出了与制度转型有关的基本问题，挑战不稳定的工作模式和根深蒂固的等级划分。本文借鉴“新冠疫情后的戏剧”项目的一部分更广泛的跨国研究，探讨了这一流行病对英国和德语国家戏剧和表演的制度影响。它详细介绍了 2022 年对剧院工作人员和组织进行的一项广泛调查的结果，该调查探讨了该行业如何适应和转型以应对危机。以这些新数据为起点，分析了 Covid-19 期间新的艺术创新形式是如何出现的。通过关注这些制度和美学的发展，文章认为，这场流行病已经产生了范式转变，从根本上重新规定了戏剧的创作、编程和理解方式。