Summary
TRYING to define a typical audience for one of Matthew Bourne's dance shows is difficult, because it often looks as though a random cross-section of the public has been rounded up from the pavement outside the theatre. Ever since he came to national attention with his audacious allmale Swan Lake in 1995, Matthew has been building an everbroadening following with crowd-pleasers like The Car Man, Play Without Words, Edward Scissorhands and The Nutcracker.
"We do seem to have this big young following, but there's also an older audience that loves the company," says Matthew. "I thought with Edward Scissorhands, do the older audience know that piece, is it familiar to everyone? But I think the pieces make connections with people on different levels.See the full content of this document
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Bourne Takes On Celebrity Age in Real Wilde Show
"The heart of it is storytelling, and I think that's the key to anything.
If you tell a good story and do it well, there's an audien...See the full content of this document
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