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How Much Should A Theatre Worry About Offending An Audience?

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: June 25, 2015 6:02 am

“Instead of censoring or sanitizing content that “might offend,” theatres should look at such works as opportunities to engage their audiences in critical public discourse about important issues in the play, because if we approach theatre as something that should be feared or approached cautiously, then we’ve robbed it of it’s power before the actors have even said a word.”

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Published: 06.24.15

Read the story in Howlround Published: 06.24.15

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