TY - JOUR
T1 - Social engagement and regional theatre
T2 - Patterns of theatre attendance
AU - Grisolía, José María
AU - Willis, Ken
AU - Wymer, Colin
AU - Law, Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Arts Council England [Grant: AHRC Fellowship in Economic Impact Assessment of Arts and Humanities]. We would like to thank Edmund Nickols, Director of Theatre Operations at Northern Stage, for his support of this research.
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - This paper assesses the degree to which a typical regional theatre engages with society. It uses postcodes from theatre booking data and compares the socioecenomic profiles of these postcodes with postcodes from which no theatregoers are drawn. A re-working of recent theories of class provides a conceptual context, whilst discriminant analysis is used to identify the socioecenomic factors of postcodes associated with theatre and non-theatre attendance. Education factors were the principal determinants of attendance, with occupational categories being important, but lower socioecenomic groups were less likely to engage with theatre. However, social engagement and factors determining attendance varied by type of show: comedy, drama, family and Shakespearian productions.
AB - This paper assesses the degree to which a typical regional theatre engages with society. It uses postcodes from theatre booking data and compares the socioecenomic profiles of these postcodes with postcodes from which no theatregoers are drawn. A re-working of recent theories of class provides a conceptual context, whilst discriminant analysis is used to identify the socioecenomic factors of postcodes associated with theatre and non-theatre attendance. Education factors were the principal determinants of attendance, with occupational categories being important, but lower socioecenomic groups were less likely to engage with theatre. However, social engagement and factors determining attendance varied by type of show: comedy, drama, family and Shakespearian productions.
KW - Discriminant analysis
KW - Societal engagement
KW - Theatre
KW - Type of play
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952891178&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09548963.2010.495277
DO - 10.1080/09548963.2010.495277
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952891178
SN - 0954-8963
VL - 19
SP - 225
EP - 244
JO - Cultural Trends
JF - Cultural Trends
IS - 3
ER -