Uncharted Territories in "Empirical" Audience Research

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  • Kirsty Sedgman University of Bristol

Abstract

Sedgman considers the question of what spectatorship and audience research is most pressing in the contemporary context.

Author Biography

Kirsty Sedgman, University of Bristol

Kirsty Sedgman is a lecturer in theatre at the University of Bristol. She specializes in researching theatre audiences, studying topics including engagement, experience, community, fandom, response, and cultural value. She has published two monographs—Locating the Audience: How People Found Value in National Theatre Wales (2016, Intellect) and The Reasonable Audience: Theatre Etiquette, Behaviour Policing, and the Live Performance Experience (2018, Palgrave)—along with a variety of journal articles and chapters. Kirsty is currently engaged in a three-year British Academy postdoctoral research fellowship investigating regional theatre audience engagement through time. www.kirstysedgman.com, @kirstysedgman

Image Caption: Audience watching Untitled by Tanya Lukin Linklater at Niigaani-Gichigami. Oniatarí:io, part of the Ka'tarohkwi Festival of Indigenous Arts at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

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Published

2019-10-04

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2019): 21st-Century Spectatorship

Section

Forum

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