What are the advantages and disadvantages of an ensemble-based company model?

Could major and small-to-medium performing arts companies have a core ensemble of performers and creatives? How would this work? How flexible could it be? How could it be inclusive and diverse? What would it cost? How would it be funded?

GUESTS:

Humphrey Bower (independent theatre-maker)

Arielle Gray (Core artist – The Last Great Hunt)

Guy Boyce (General Manager – Sensorium Theatre)

DATE: Tue 15 June