Archive for: April, 2015
Call out to theatre projects engaging with poverty, inequality and economic justice
Click here for a Portuguese translation of this post Click here for a French translation of this post Click here for a Spanish translation of this post Are you a theatre-maker or theatre organisation addressing poverty, economic inequality, or engaging with economically hard-up groups? What methods and approaches of theatre-making, participation […]
Temperance drama and the poor
Post by Jenny Hughes I’ve been looking at temperance entertainments in a Rochdale workhouse in the 1880s – as part of a broader project to explore what can be learnt about the early histories of ‘social theatre’ or ‘applied theatre’ from theatrical engagements with the poor in 19th century workhouses […]
Carran’s Working Diary 12: Porters and Visiting Hours
I have spent nine days in a new section of the working house this springtime. It was a sunnier room, not exactly on a hill but it was south facing[1]. However my restless mood made me close the curtains so the builders couldn’t see my activities. The authorities must have […]