Personal Essay Reflects on How Working as a Theatre Usher Transformed Perspective on Live Performance

A job that changed me: Being a theatre usher cracked open my heart to beauty

The performances often gave me goose bumps, but I also got to observe the highs and lows of audience behaviour Read more in this series here I was 24, had just moved into a share house I couldn’t afford, and my job as a nanny was proving less than ideal. I’d graduated from my music degree a few years prior and was floating along, feeling a little lost. A friend had told me to apply to become a front-of-house staff member at Australia’s busiest performing arts centre, Arts Centre Melbourne. ...

By Freya Bennett