Archive for: 2015
Seeing Red – Melodramatics (part 2)
Post by Jenny Hughes Thanks to the Melodramatics group for letting me sit in on some of their rehearsals towards their first piece of live performance, Seeing Red, which premiered in the Bill Naughton Studio Theatre of the Octagon Theatre on 21st September 2015 (see previous blog post ‘Seeing Red […]
Seeing Red – Melodramatics (part 1)
Post by Jenny Hughes ‘Can everyone check they have their red bra please?’ – was the repeated appeal from director Lauren Ash in the final hours of the rehearsal of Seeing Red, an original drama exploring experiences of domestic violence, performed in the Bill Naughton Studio at the Octagon on 21st and […]
Dispatches on the Band of Hope – North Wales
Post by Jenny Hughes ‘A Prize Recitation’ – Band of Hope Review, 1906 It was good to present research on Band of Hope theatricals at the Theatre and Performance Research (TaPRA) conference at Worcester University last week – you can read a post on the presentation here – ‘Audible […]
Audible and voluble expressions – part 2 (1887)
Post by Jenny Hughes I’ve been researching theatrical entertainments in Victorian workhouses, and have come across an extraordinary range of work that might be described as ‘fledgling’ social theatre from the 19th century, from missionary and temperance theatricals to solidarity and charity performances by popular performers, to amateur performances by […]
Audible and voluble expressions – part 1 (2014)
Post by Jenny Hughes It’s been a pleasure to be part of the latest art project at the Men’s Room Manchester, which celebrated its outcome a week or so ago. The project focused on musical performance, making use of rap, hip hop as well as spoken word poetry. The young men […]
A day in the life … appreciating the Men’s Room, Manchester
Post by Jenny Hughes On Wednesday evening last week – a warm, late summer evening in central Manchester – Hulme Community Garden Centre was the site of the final outcome of the latest in a series of artist residencies at the Men’s Room in Manchester. The Men’s Room is an arts and […]
Carran’s Working Diary 16: The Master (‘s) Key
Yesterday I got the Master (‘s) key which means I can be trusted to let myself in and out. It has meant that I don’t need to worry about thieves when I go to the toilet or fetch some water or go to the office. This is a great […]
Carran’s Working Diary 15: Dirty Washing and Mirrors
“Big Issue? Small Issue?” “No thank you.” Apart from the train conductor, the Big Issue/Small Issue man was the only person I spoke to on my way back to the Working House after some considerable time out. I saw a sign “We are collecting for the homeless. Period.” I think […]