Archive for: 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 […]
Carran’s Working Diary 11: Pre-Scratch
Now listen, fair play, I am loading this up later than I actually did it but I think it’s still relevant because I am worrying about prep work for the scratch in April so I had to look at my notes on the pre-scratch for three people: Maggie, Jenny and […]
Making theatre in the midst of austerity – SYMPOSIUM
A symposium on theatre, poverty and inequality Wednesday 4th November 2015 Martin Harris Centre of Music and Drama, University of Manchester (UK) Including the premiere of The House, a solo performance by Carran Waterfield, Triangle Theatre Call for contributions Deepening economic inequality has been identified as one of the most […]
Carran’s Working Diary 10: The House That Jack Built
When I booked the African Drummer through the Commonwealth Institute for my drama classes in 1987, it didn’t cost anything. It was paid for by the common wealth. When I booked the Belgrade Theatre-In-Education company for my drama classes in 1988, it didn’t cost anything. It was paid for […]
Carran’ s Working Diary 9: The Chair of the Board
Practice Day 6: I have been thinking about despair. I have been thinking about having nothing. I have been thinking about a chair. I have been reading about work in the nineteenth century from Roy Palmer’s Poverty Knock collection of songs Improvisation with a chair Practice Day 7 I […]
A list of resources useful for beginning to think about a theatre commons
This is the final of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons, written by Jenny Hughes. This one is a list of resources … Commons on the net David Bollier’s blog The Commoner On the Commons Howlaround – a commons by and for people who make performance International Association for the […]
8 steps towards a theatre commons: 5 to 8
This is the third of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons – written by Jenny Hughes Here’s the next post about a ‘theatre commons’ – ‘8 steps towards a theatre commons: 5 to 8’. See ‘Towards a theatre commons’ and ‘8 steps towards a theatre commons: 1 to 4′ for the first two. 5. […]