People like performances with large casts and small ticket prices

This research was conducted by Kristien Werck and Bruno Heyndels at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Summary

This paper tries to explain what motivated people to attend the theatre in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. A sense of artistic growth and development in recent decades has been accompanied by steadily declining audience …

By | 14 April 2014 |

Word-of-mouth and reviews make the biggest difference to people’s theatre-going choices

This research was conducted by José María Grisolía and Ken Willis at Newcastle University, UK

Summary

The paper describes a study that examined how people in northeast England made decisions about what theatre performances to attend. Word-of-mouth and reviews were the most significant factors determining whether or not people chose …

By | 16 March 2014 |