- Audiences enjoy developing relationships with specific artists and like the 'story' of their development
- How do we develop dialogue between artists and audiences?
- Chef's Table approach - how is work grown from the local community using local ingredients
- Rep as a tool to build relationships between artists and audiences
- Audiences should be offered a range of options
- REGULARITY is vital for audiences
- Develop a local supporters base
- What is the difference between Theatre & Music sectors?
- Make audiences part of development process
- audience involvement in artistic process can influence evolutions in form/content
- are there other ways of creating dialogue with audiences without using social media/press reviews
- 'slow touring' theatre
- audience development is not just about growth
- a 'cultural nation' as well as a 'sporting nation'
- how can people 'pop in' to the theatre on their way back from shopping?
- affordability is key
- what does schools provision look like?
- in Germany it's normal to have theatre at electronic music festivals
- repetition is valuable
- relationship (personal?) is developed at an early age
- 'like tv but far away'
- affordability underpins everything
- more flexibility in existing structures (eg curriculum) than we think
- how is risk encouraged?
- a 'new' model might be a return to the 'old'
- subscription ticket models
- Panto as a platform for artist/audience development
- annualised events (Panto/Mummers), celebratory times of year, Christmas/outdoor summer show
- gifford circus/stroud - tweedy the clown?
- proper local celebrities

AFFORDABILITY, REGULARITY, PROPER LOCAL CELEBRITIES

LOCAL, INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP