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Making Immersive Experiences Work for Working Class Audiences

Eleanor Barrett has transformed some of the most stigmatised urban spaces into portals to alternate realities, from the Thamesmead estate to a Helsinki square associated with drug-related social problems.  Her former company The Brick Box specialised in creating immersive, participatory events that consistently reached the audiences other cultural projects struggle to engage: people from low-income households, ethnically diverse communities, and…

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