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Building audiences for Indigenous theatre: A case study of Kooemba Jdarra

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Jennifer RadbourneJennifer Radbourne, J Campbell, V Ding
This paper uses audience research data to examine the positioning of Indigenous theatre in the Australian theatre environment. Kooemba Jdarra is an Aboriginal theatre company in Brisbane, Australia, with a distinguished history of developing Aboriginal artists, writers and directors. However, it has struggled to maintain its positioning because of the perceived risks of participation by audiences who prefer to see Indigenous theatre within the program of the mainstream state theatre company. The paper concludes with strategies for decreasing risk for audiences and for greater advocacy by the company in positioning itself in the mainstream Australia theatre environment.

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Journal

Asia Pacific journal of arts and cultural management

Volume

4

Issue

1

Pagination

237 - 247

Publisher

Arts and Cultural Management Program, University of South Australia

Location

South Australia

ISSN

1449-1184

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

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