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 delineates the number of people attended at seven difference categories of cultural event in Britain between 1986/87 and 2001/02.

Overall, cinema had the largest number of attendance across the categories listed, while contemporary dance was reported as the lowest. Despite this, the majority categories of cultural event in Britain almost remained the same across the period.

Focusing on the data presented, cinema was the only categories whose number of attendance steadily increased throughout the majority of period. In 1986/87, 31 of visitors attended the cinema. This number of attendance rapidly inclined in 1991/92, making up into 54. This figure continued to increase and reached its peak at 57 in 2001/02.

Moreover, the number of attendance in classical music remained constant at 12 throughout the years. On the other hand, five remaining categories experienced slightly decreased or increased across the period. For instance, the number of visitors attended ballet event stood at six in 1986/87. This figure increased by one in 1996/97 and back to six in the following years.