Young Audiences, Theatre and the Cultural Conversation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Toole, John (Editor), Adams, Ricci-Jane (Editor), Anderson, Michael (Editor), Burton, Bruce (Editor), Ewing, Robyn (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, 12
• Subjects: Education.; Performing arts.; Art education.; Child development.; Arts Education.; Performing Arts.; Childhood Education.

This volume offers rare insights into the connection between young audiences and the performing arts. Based on studies of adolescent and post-adolescent audiences, ages 14 to 25, the book examines to what extent they are part of our society’s cultural conversation. It studies how these young people...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Part I TheatreSpace Project Partners and Case Studies
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Project, its Partners and its Purposes
• Chapter 3: Access and the Practicalities of Attendance
• Chapter 4: The Context of the Performance Event
• Chapter 5: The Education Landscape
• Chapter 6: Young Audiences from the Educators' Perspective
• Chapter 7: The Industry Partners’ Perceptions
• Chapter 8: Engagement and Liveness
• Chapter 9: Building Theatre Confidence
• Chapter 10: Theatre Literacy
• Chapter 11: ‘It’s Real’ - Genre and Performance Style
• Chapter 12: Conclusion – a Continuum for Planning.