We gathered data in two ways. Firstly, via the programme after the play. The audience were encouraged to vote on their favourite climate policy (181 voted) and their thoughts about citizen assemblies (187 voted).
We also offered a Ā£10 voucher for audience members to give more detailed feedback. There were just 57 responses as only audience members on the mailing list were contacted.
The sample comprise the theatre-going public, and the majority were over 45.
Should citizens; assemblies have more power?
Which climate policy would you vote for?
Survey respondents (N = 57) were asked: What do you think about the climate policies proposed in the play with response options ranging from 1 āstrongly supportā to 5 āstrongly opposeā.
All of the policies were broadly supported with the most popular being:
- Repair bill (mean = 1.58, SD = .83);
- Sharing economy/libraries of things (mean = 1.71, SD = .90),
- Citizensā assemblies (M = 1.76, SD = 1.02),
- Personal carbon allowances (mean = 2.07, SD = 1.18)
- On-demand buses (mean = 2.51, SD = 1.10
This differs substantially from the responses on the programme which audience members completed (N=181). In this case they were asked to tick which one policy they would vote for. Personal Carbon Allowances got by far the most votes, see table below.
Information requested on climate policies
24 people requested information on citizensā assemblies (highest)
There was also high interest in learning more about personal carbon allowances, with 23 people requesting information.
19 people requested more information on repair bill and wildlife gardening.
18 requested more information on sharing economy/libraries of things.
16 requested more information on sustainable farming.
15 requested more information on on-demand buses.
Education-entertainment
The goal was to entertain and educate. Almost all said they enjoyed the play and would recommend it. There was also strong evidence that it generated debate, raised awareness and led to potential behaviour change. The text based feedback from the survey includes comments such as:
The library of things idea lead me to do some research and realise that part of my local library does a similar thing, that I will definitely use if the opportunity arises.
I will look for tool sharing in my local area
Trying to use public transport more
I have always wanted to be part of a citizens jury. I will be following up….
Will be much more repair minded.
Library of things is a great idea. I have stuff I would be happy to donate to it. Good to develop a reuse/repair/share culture, for society and climate.
Itās made me more passionate to help make a positive change to the issues, it really did heighten my awareness.
I learnt enough about personal carbon allowances to make me want to enquire further.
I am more willing to engage in the climate crisis actively
I plan to go to the Portswood repair cafe in October and take a couple of items to fix rather than throwing away.
