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    Topic-IbelievethattheArtwecreatehasmoreandwiderappealthan

    theexistingaudiencesindicate.Giventheerosionoftraditionalmediaho

    canwecollectivelyreachnewaudiences.

    Initiator-RoySurette

    ANDHowdowecometoabetterunderstandingofhowtousenewtechnologiestoboth

    manage,marketandreachnewaudiencestosustainartisticexcellence.JohnHobday

    Participants-Janeneedles,JohnHobday,LaradeBeaupre,PaulFlicker,DianeIsabelle,Kate

    Wisdom,LoriSchubert,oneother(?)

    DiscussionKeyPoints

    -A

    Toreplacemediaadvertisingbecauseitistoocostlyanddoesnotreachthetargetnaymore

    Newwaysfortheatrestohavevisibility:EG:GeurillatheatreinNYSubway.Promolive10-20

    minexcerptsonthestreet,intheshoppingcentres,intheMetro.Notveryeffectiveasthe

    environmentisnotsuitedtomanyshows.(noise,traffic,uglysurroundingsetc).Busking.

    Emailisthoughttobesaturated.Dopeoplereadtheannouncements.Iftheyarenotprioritized

    theymightbeoverlooked/flushed.

    Facebookiswheremosteventorganizersreachtheiraudiences.Doesnotreachtheover40

    crowd.Canbeeffectiveespeciallyinruralsituation.

    QDFhasadailyupdate.AlsohasageneraltheatrecalendarforallMTLandregionstheatre

    productions.Fulltimejobtoupdate.Wouldtherebeaneedforaculturalcalendarononesite

    forallQCevents?

    WherecantouristsfindoutaboutwhatisoninEnglish?

    Voir/Hourlistingsforculturalagenda

    Onceanewaudiencememberhasseenashowtheywillbeonamailinglistforanewsletter.

    Lesslikelynowtosubscribethanbefore.

    Segaltheatrewilldistributeticketsfreetonewfirsttimeaudiencemembers

    MarketinginUSisverytenacious.Weshouldfollowthatmodeltosignupnewaudiences.

    Onewaytodevelopaudienceistosolicitinterestgroupstobuildupafollowing.

    Alltheprofessionalcompaniescouldcometogethertodiscussaudiencedevelopment.

    LinkwithCEGEPscouldbeimproved.MostCEGEPtheatrestudentsonlynamedonetheatrein

    MTL.Centauroffersfreeticketsbuttheydonotusethem.

    FrenchhighschoolsandCEGEPsaremorelikelytocomeinagroup.Thestudentspay$15ticket.

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    Audiencegenerally70-30%someshowsare80-20%Engtofrratio

    CulturalDiversityaudienceswillcometoashowwheretheircommunityisthesubjectofthe

    play.EG:Italiancommunity.Donotsubscribeafterthatvisit.

    Demographicchallenge:30-50agegroup.Thisgroupwillgotobignameshowsorhockeyand

    pay$150plusforaticket.Theydonotattendplays.

    Ishavingastarnameanoption:ThisworksverywellinfrancophoneQCbecausetheyinvented

    thestarsystem25yearsago.HowevertheCanadianTVstarsystemdoesnottranslatetoEnglish

    communityinQC.

    RecognitionofourEnglishactorsisnon-existent.

    Timesofperformances

    Forpeoplefromthesuburbs,wouldmorematineesbeuseful?Showat7pm?

    SomeFrenchshowsarecancellingSaturdaynightduetotravelbacktosuburbsLasttraintoWestislandleavesat9.15pm

    Thegroupallagreedthatyouhavetoeducatechildrenbytakingthemtothetheatre.Youcan

    alsohaveshowsgotoschoolsespeciallyinruralareaswherethereisnotheatre.Govtfunds

    shouldbeavailableforboth.

    Isthereapossibleinfluenceoffilmforlivetheatreaudiencedevelopment.Discussionprosand

    cons.

    Challengeisthe30-50demographic

    Loriremarkedthatthereisadeclineofintellectualism.Thisissimilarintheliteraryworld.

    TheRegions.ThereisademonstratedneedforculturetotourtheregionsofQC.350,000Eng.

    Speakerslivingintheruralregions.QDFTouringprojectwilladdressthisneedandwilladviseon

    thecostsforbringinglivetheatretotourtheregions.Therearenofundsforthis.

    WestIslandaudiencemembersdoattendfringetheywillstayforthedayandsee6shows.

    Centaurhasseenthesamefundingsince86sohaveabsorbedtheinflationetc.

    Howdoweaddressthefuturecutsofapossible10%infunds.Cutstocast-2-3castmembers.

    Nolargeshows.Wehavetodevelopastrategytoattractnewmemberstotheatres.

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