Reconceptualising audience development: Using social worlds and risk reduction strategies to challenge assumptions about audiences for musicals

Ridley, Elizabeth Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-9421 (2025) Reconceptualising audience development: Using social worlds and risk reduction strategies to challenge assumptions about audiences for musicals. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.

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Supervisors: Dobson, Stephen and Walmsley, Ben
Keywords: audience development; risk; musicals; social worlds; cultural policy; arts management; audience studies; arts marketing; audiencing; communications
Awarding institution: University of Leeds
Academic Units: The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds)
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2026 12:09
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2026 12:09
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