Audiences
Kwame Kwei-Armah directs the Young Vic, Kirsty Sedgman looks at theatre from Ancient Greece on; Lucy Weir studies dance, Ted Hodgkinson programmes literature at Southbank Centre
From online dance, pavement performances of plays back to the part played by audiences in Greek theatres and Shakespeare's Globe - how is performance adapting in the Covid era and how are we rethinking what an audience is? Shahidha Bari hosts a discussion. Kwame Kwei-Armah directs the Young Vic, Kirsty Sedgman from the University of Bristol looks at theatre from Ancient Greece on; Lucy Weir teaches on dance at the University of Edinburgh and is a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/AHRC New Generation Thinker and Ted Hodgkinson programmes literary events at Southbank Centre in London.
This episode is part of the programming for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3's residency at London's Southbank Centre and their Inside Out Season of Music and Literary Events which include concerts being broadcast live on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and available to catch up with via Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds - and a series of author interviews and discussions.
The Young Vic is marking its 50th anniversary with a series of events including Twenty Twenty - 3 plays centred around the themes of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Heritage and History which mark the culmination of a year-long community project with Blackfriars Settlement, Certitude and Thames Reach and various online films.
You can find discussions about how Covid has affected classical and musical audiences and programming on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3's Music Matters programmes /programmes/b006tnvx
Producer: Emma Wallace
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