İviki eftan

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İviki Eftan (Algaz: loud theater), often just Eftan or Eftani, is a form of improvisational theater originating in what is today the Algazi Union. The style emerged as a variation of Sortein śalwadan ápjapwa, but with greater emphasis on audience participation. Historically perceived as low-brow and rowdy, Eftan today is widely practiced and has had substantial influence on Algazi comedy, theater, and cinema.

Development

Śalwadan ápjapwa itself enjoyed a higher status in Algazi society than in Sorteic, in part because of its foreignness. Successful Sortein troupes were often scouted by agents of Algazi merchant families, who would sponsor performances and even permanent theaters in their home cities, attended by elites and the masses alike.

By the mid-19th Century, Eftan had largely fallen out of favor with the proliferation of new forms of mass entertainment, and was increasingly relegated to the realm of folk culture or nostalgia. Renewed interest began in the 1920s and 30s, however, as experimental and left-wing actors and playwright saw Eftan as a traditional precedent for more radical techniques and practices they developed. This led to a resurgence of Eftan in the years following the Great Ekuosian War, with the style positioned as a bridge between traditional and contemporary theater and subject to a great deal of new variations and innovations. Eftan today is a highly varied and quite popular form of entertainment that has had substantial impact on Algazi culture as a whole, as many performers and writers in film, television, and theater work in Eftan.

Characteristics

Traditional Eftan

Modern Eftan