good theatre has always been about transcending reality and entering a tale brought alive by directors vision actors performances and audiences imagination and now technology is adding an entirely new dimension to the mix whether it is a flying krishna blessing the audience or snow falling over a scene set in kashmir the increasing use of technology in theatre production is transporting the audiences to other worlds in no timeindian productions are now embracing latest technology to enhance the experience for viewers a slew of software is making music composition lighting sound operation and even scheduling of auditions and rehearsals easier automated winches moving lights programmable boards and led screens are creating fantasy worlds on stagecreating worlds on the stage like never beforequasar padamsee cofounder at q theatre productions says technology has had a huge impact on the making of plays allowing theatremakers to create worlds they could not have thought possible before probably the most overt use of technology has been in the form of led screens which now make up the backdrops in multiple plays at the flick of a switch one can go from a battlefield to the interior of a castle a lot of big shows around the country have used this successfully and effectively including zangoorathe gypsy prince jhumroo balle balle sound of music sing india sing mughaleazam and so on he adds a few years ago at a theatre fest the 2b theatre from canada brought an incredible production to mumbai which was like a graphic novel coming to life the only 3d real elements were a couple of chairs a hospital gurney and the actors shruti sharma show director for disneys aladdin says lately everyone has been talking about technology in theatre perhaps only in terms of seeing special effects on stage but technology has been a huge contributor in the execution of largescale productions seamless cueing of shows inshow communication between multiple operation channels sync between leds lights sound etc a lot of technical detail is actually behind the scenes in aladdins magic carpet sequence one of the most crucial in the show led kinetic spheres were used to create the illusion of a starstudded sky the spheres moved in sync with the carpet which made it look like the stars were dancingpadamsee adds in two of my productions technology has been a part of the actual storytelling warchild in the early 2000s used a carousel projector as the only source of light it was a scene of a holocaust survivors interrogation by two faceless questioners with each question different images were projected on the actor the other was acid the story of a news anchor and an acid attack survivor images displayed on the large backdrop showed the characters psychological statein aladdins magic carpet sequence led kinetic spheres were used to create the illusion of a starstudded sky the shows director says the spheres moved in sync with the carpet and made it look like the stars were