Band 6+: The table below shows attendance at various categories of cultural event in Britain from 1986-7 to 2001-2. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Percentages 1986/87 1991/92 1996/97 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 Cinema 31 44 54 56 55 57 Plays 23 23 24 23 23 24 Art galleries/exhibitions 21 21 22 22 21 22 Classical music 12 12 12 12 12 12 Ballet 6 6 7 6 6 6 Opera 5 6 7 6 6 6 Contemporary dance 4 3 4 4 4 5

The table illustrates attendance of different groups in the UK cultural event in seven categories between the years 1986-7 to 2001-2.

Overall, cinema has the highest proportion of attendees over the period given, while contemporary dance is recorded as least. Classical music remained same throughout all the years and other categories such as art galleries, ballet, plays and opera steadily increased.

In terms of cinema, it is recorded as the most attendent category, starting with a proportion of 31 in the years 1986/87, with the gradual increased in the remaining years and recorded with the number of 57% in the years 2001/2002, while the plays show that 23% of people attended in the years 1986/87 with 1% increased in the years 1996/97 and then remained the same percent from the years 1999 to 2001, until the year 2002 raised again with same proportion as in the year 1996/97.

On the other hand, art galleries show increase of 1% over the period and recorded as total 22% in the years 2001/2002. Ballet and opera remained the same number with a proportion of 6% in the years 2001/2002, while contemporary dance recored as the lowest percentage of attendees started with a 4% in the years 1986/87 and only increased with a 1% over the period and recorded as total of 5% in the years 2001/2002.