London Bubble Theatre Company has introduced a new scheme to involve its supporters and audience in the creation of its annual promenade performance. ‘Fan Made Theatre’ invites members of the public to buy a stake in the show. The stake includes a ticket to the summer show, the chance to submit suggestions for what the show should be and the chance to vote on the eventual shortlist of ideas. Every suggestion will be put online, allowing people to argue for and against the ideas and to have their vote on a shortlist of five. The company lost its Arts Council England funding last year, and did not produce a show last summer for the first time in 36 years. Jonathan Petherbridge, Creative Director, hailed the hundreds of supporters who “wrote passionate and personal letters to the Arts Council”, and said, “the public have fantastic taste and a sense of what will make an exciting walkabout story”.
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