Perhaps what I yearn for in music is a bit more of the risk and radicalism that theatre at its best can display Sometimes it can come from the use of unfamiliar or challenging locations where normal expectations are disrupted This can have startling effects on performer and audience alike Comforts may have to be foregone perhaps the acoustic isnt great maybe its a bit cold but theatre audiences have learned to be intrepid as they follow artists into the most unpromising spaces I accept that most plays get put on in a pretty uncontroversial way not greatly different from what happens in a conmen hall However I remain convinced that something can and should happen to change the conventions of musicgoing The only authority I can claim is that of the enthusiast I love and live by the theatre and I spend as much time and money as I can going to hear music I want them both to thrive and for more and more people to get the pleasure I get from being the audience 