There is no audience: the problem of the spectator in children’s theatre

Tom Maguire

There is no audience: the problem of the spectator in children’s theatre

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Abstract

This paper examines the issue of differentiation within performances for young audiences. Using the performance project, The Little Box of Wonders, it compares the processes undertaken within drama workshops for children to ensure the engagement with participants as individuals, with the ways in which performances engage with spectators as a single audience entity. It argues that differentiation may be achieved through a range of formal strategies that might be regarded as characteristic of effective children's theatre.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication
Publisher	None
Number of pages	11
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - May 2010
Event	Belfast Children’s Festival Making Space Symposium - University of Ulster, Belfast Campus Duration: 1 May 2010 → …

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Conference	Belfast Children’s Festival Making Space Symposium
Period	1/05/10 → …

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There is no audience: the problem of the spectator in children’s theatre

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