Talking Audiences - An exhibition curated by Kirsty Sedgman
8 November 2019 - 28 February 2020 (excluding 23 December 2019 - 6 January 2020)
Dr Kirsty Sedgman is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2020) and Lecturer in Theatre at the University of Bristol.
Rather than studying performances, plays, or performers themselves, she is interested instead in the people on the other side of the stage. Researching audiences means asking a different kind of question. How do various people experience and find value in the things they see? How are pleasures and disappointments made meaningful within their lives? How do people reach for words to describe experiences we so often think of as indescribable? And what can all this tell us about the role of the arts in society, as well as the relationship between cultural institutions, power, identity, and place?
This new exhibition explores the relationship between Bristol Old Vic and its audiences through material selected from Bristol Old Vic Company Archive.
The exhibition catalogue is free to view and download Talking Audiences Catalogue (PDF, 1,555kB)
