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Theatres only exist through the relationship with their audience.
Staying connected with the people who turn up in every weather to fill the seats and support productions has been key to planning successful re-openings, whenever those might be.
When lockdown began, Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre reached out with “Where Are You Dundee?”, a way to keep in touch with the audience through creative projects.
“As a follow-up we put out a call for works that were specifically for the people of Dundee,” say Andrew Panton, artistic director at Dundee Rep.
Artistic director of Dundee Rep Andrew Panton (left) and Joan Cleville, artistic director of Scottish Dance Theatre.
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The new online production of Smile, the play which went behind the touchline traumas of Dundee United legend Jim McLean, has punted the ball out of the park with ticket numbers, after just two days on sale.
Enough of the football puns. Much of the success of Phillip Differ’s portrait of the footballing icon was the fact that it looked at the man rather than the manager.
Its success just before lockdown, in February 2020 as part of the Rep’s 80th anniversary season, was reason enough to bring it back with the original production team, but restaged and shot specifically for film.