Finding theatre’s new audience

Australian theatre makers are challenging the status quo by rethinking the role of their audiences.
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Image: Shotgun Wedding at Next Wave 2012. Photo by Sarah Walker 

In 2009, Geoff Cobham was overseas completing a Churchill Fellowship which explored the nature of theatre, public events and outdoor festivals throughout Europe.

In the middle of the night, attending a production of Robert Fratini’s The Rite of Spring, he was given an iPod, a set of headphones and led to a field with 400 strangers.

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Troy Nankervis
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Troy Nankervis is an ArtsHub journalist from Melbourne. Follow him on twitter @troynankervis