Row X guest blog by Ben Walmsley, Professor of Cultural Engagement at University of Leeds, UK This is the second in a series on Row X will be featuring short essays written by the co-editors of the Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts, a major reference work published in April 2022. The series is introduced here.The Companion represents a truly multi-dimensional exploration of the inter-relationships between audiences and performance. Spread over four sections and … [Read more...] about Why Audience Research Matters, and Why It Matters Now: Policies, Politics and Practices
Lynne Conner
Shorts: Adventures in Thinking About Audiences
Row X guest post by Katya Johanson, Professor of Audience Research at Deakin University, Australia. This is the fourth in a series on Row X will be featuring short essays written by the co-editors of the Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts, a major reference work published in April 2022. The series is introduced here.The Companion represents a truly multi-dimensional exploration of the inter-relationships between audiences and performance. Spread over four sections and … [Read more...] about Shorts: Adventures in Thinking About Audiences
Your Seat is in Row X
I’m thrilled to be starting this blog about the arts audience experience, Row X. I want to thank Lynne Conner who first gave me space to write about arts audiences during the pandemic as a guest editor on her ArtsJournal blog We the Audience in 2020. It was incredibly generous of her. And thank you to Doug McLennan for blessing the guest editorship of Lynne’s blog and later inviting me to have my own space on ArtsJournal. My professional bio and my scope for the blog are on the right of this … [Read more...] about Your Seat is in Row X