Audience
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An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature, theatre, music, video games, or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art. Some events invite overt audience participation and others allow only modest clapping and criticism and reception.
An audience in Tel Aviv, Israel, waiting to see the Batsheva Dance Company
Audiences at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia
Dancing with Iggy - audience participation at Sziget Festival
An audience at the Brooklyn Book Festival in New York City
Heckler
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A heckler is a person who harasses and tries to disconcert others with questions, challenges, or gibes. Hecklers are often known to shout discouraging comments at a performance or event, or to interrupt set-piece speeches, with the intent of disturbing performers and/or participants.
A heckler in Washington, D.C., leans across a police line toward a demonstration of Iranians during the Iran hostage crisis, August 1980.