Archive for: 2015
Carran’s Working Diary 21: Overwhelmed
We went to Salford with the concert and it was really good. Great questions and great responses to the concert and the pre concert unpacking. Now I am working through more information from the Data Protector that leaves me with so so many other questions. Nana was “in hospital” for […]
Colectivo Sustento – Chile
Thanks to Nikki Mailer for contributing this guest post. Reflections on an International Collaboration with Colectivo Sustento in Chile with Nikki Mailer and Mary O’Neill; two community theatre workers from the UK. The collective was founded in September 2012 in Santiago-Chile, they are a multidisciplinary collective of arts-workers and activists […]
Carran’s Working Diary 20: We did it!
The House has opened to the ratepayers and they all seemed happy that the money has been spent responsibly. Bit tired now. We are preparing to travel to some other places to show the concert. We are going to Salford, Beetham, Coventry and Crewe. We are in Salford next week, […]
Carran’s Working Diary 19: A Short Sojourn in Cumbria
I got out of the Working House for two days and tramped to Beetham, Cumbria. There is a mill there named after the Heron. I worked there.
The Deal Versus The People
Post by Jenny Hughes Common Wealth Theatre Council Chambers – Bradford City Hall, 21 – 24 October 2015 “I’m really glad you’re all here, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for coming. I wanted witnesses. I need you to see this and then go away and tell […]
Carran’s Working Diary 18: Working Hard
Here’s where I am working. I am doing a lot of work at the moment. I hope you are coming to the concert. I have been working very hard. We have all been working very hard. Please come.
Making theatre in the midst of austerity
A one-day symposium on theatre, poverty and inequality Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester The Martin Harris Centre is building number 42 on the campus map available here – www.manchester.ac.uk/maps 4 November 2015 FULL PROGRAMME 9am: Registration, with coffee and tea 9.30 – 10.45: Welcome and keynote session 1: John McGrath & […]
Carran’s Working Diary 17: Practising.
Well hello! I think we can say The House is nearly open! You can get your tickets anytime now. I am on working in the house or in my head most days. I am not allowed to spend too much time writing since I now have to get on with […]
We had something to say, not something to sell
We are delighted to post this ‘guest blog’ by Carry Gorney – this is made up of excerpts from Carry’s book, Send me a parcel with a hundred lovely things. The title of this blog post comes from Suze Rotolo A memoir of Greenwich Village in the sixties (2008). I’m ready […]