How To Build a Theatrical Society : Case Tyne Theatre Productions
Heiskanen, Riikka (2016)
Heiskanen, Riikka
Humanistinen ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016120218786
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016120218786
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Abstract
The aim of this thesis was to develop the organisation and processes of an amateur dramatics society Tyne Theatre Productions, which works at Tyne Theatre & Opera House in the North East of England. The Society is both a fundraising activity and a community project of Tyne Theatre & Opera House Preservation Trust, who own and maintain the Grade 1 listed theatre building.
The methods of this thesis are surveying, observing, benchmarking and document analysis. Process charts have also been used to analyse the organisation. The thesis is an operational research based on qualitative material, with elements of service design and case study.
A survey has been used to gather data about volunteers' motives. People often do volunteer work to fulfil some inner need or purpose, and it is important to study these motives to be able to develop the organisation. Benchmarking is a method of comparing an organisation to other similar organisations and using the gathered data to explore the strengths and weaknesses of said organisations, which can be used in the Society's development. The Society's previous productions and the theatre's organisational structures are studied by using document analysis.
The thesis presents specific features of volunteer culture and studies them in the volunteers of Tyne Theatre Productions. The Society's production process and the development work which started in early 2016 will be introduced, after which the latest production will be presented as a case study. The case study features the production's problems and those practical means by which the problems can be fixed in the future. Finally the thesis introduces options and speculations for the future and summarises why a volunteer culture is good for Tyne Theatre & Opera House.
There is a lot of literature about volunteering and volunteers, but less so about amateur theatre. The volunteers' coordinating and developing the Society is important for the theatre's Preservation Trust, because Tyne Theatre Productions is both the Trust's most notable fundraising activity and the most important community project.
The results and data in this thesis can be used by other amateur dramatics groups and societies, other volunteer organisations, and professionals of theatre and events management. First and foremost the thesis is meant to be used to develop the Society within organisations of Tyne Theatre & Opera House.
The aim of this thesis was to develop the organisation and processes of an amateur dramatics society Tyne Theatre Productions, which works at Tyne Theatre & Opera House in the North East of England. The Society is both a fundraising activity and a community project of Tyne Theatre & Opera House Preservation Trust, who own and maintain the Grade 1 listed theatre building.
The methods of this thesis are surveying, observing, benchmarking and document analysis. Process charts have also been used to analyse the organisation. The thesis is an operational research based on qualitative material, with elements of service design and case study.
A survey has been used to gather data about volunteers' motives. People often do volunteer work to fulfil some inner need or purpose, and it is important to study these motives to be able to develop the organisation. Benchmarking is a method of comparing an organisation to other similar organisations and using the gathered data to explore the strengths and weaknesses of said organisations, which can be used in the Society's development. The Society's previous productions and the theatre's organisational structures are studied by using document analysis.
The thesis presents specific features of volunteer culture and studies them in the volunteers of Tyne Theatre Productions. The Society's production process and the development work which started in early 2016 will be introduced, after which the latest production will be presented as a case study. The case study features the production's problems and those practical means by which the problems can be fixed in the future. Finally the thesis introduces options and speculations for the future and summarises why a volunteer culture is good for Tyne Theatre & Opera House.
There is a lot of literature about volunteering and volunteers, but less so about amateur theatre. The volunteers' coordinating and developing the Society is important for the theatre's Preservation Trust, because Tyne Theatre Productions is both the Trust's most notable fundraising activity and the most important community project.
The results and data in this thesis can be used by other amateur dramatics groups and societies, other volunteer organisations, and professionals of theatre and events management. First and foremost the thesis is meant to be used to develop the Society within organisations of Tyne Theatre & Opera House.