In terms of my relationship to the theatre and performing arts I am a keen audience member as well as a theorist. I have a strong belief that theatre can be used not only as entertainment but also as a form of education and therapy. In my third year of my BA I did a lot of work on T.I.E and formed a group which toured schools for a term, we had a great deal of success with this project which aimed to use theatre as a tool to teach the curriculum, but also I think it had the effect of making theatre more accessible to children, some of whom had never had any theatrical experience. As a theatre lover the accessibility of the theatre is a great concern to me, however through community and school based projects this is becoming less of a problem. For example, this online community can be accessed by anyone to share views and chat about the latest discourse within the theatre world. However, is there more we can do to break the conceptions of theatre as a more upper-class trend? What do you think?
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