26 Apr 2022
14:30 - 15:45
Room 2
E3S PANEL: Crowd Communication & Behaviours
In association with
Coming out of the global pandemic, audiences aren’t behaving in the same way as they previously did. It’s not helped by discrepancies between national and local restrictions and rules, or many having simply not gone out in months.
With reports of crowds becoming more difficult or aggressive, and conduct impacted by high levels of expectation and high levels of demand, how best to predict this behaviour when planning a show? With some experts predicting a three-year transition until a ‘new normal’ of audience behaviour, the session will review the latest theories and reality of crowd behaviour after a hiatus in live events of nearly two years.