There might as well have been a glass wall between the audience and the stage.
He never appears to stand between the material and the audience.
"I immediately saw there was a great relationship between the stage and the audience."
This changed in part the relationship between band and audience.
Therefore they become a channel between the story and the audience.
It's like putting a piece of glass between the audience and the stage.
It was like a shield between me and the audience.
Being a public figure would place a filter between the audience and the character he is playing.
It's a way of putting some distance between the audience and the pain.
There is a fine line between the performer and the audience.