Archive for: January, 2016
Documenting precarious theatres – precariously …
Post by Jenny Hughes The first phase of the poor theatres research is about to end and it’s time for a blog post that reflects on the process of putting together the free online resource on theatre, poverty and economic justice initiatives available on these webpages. On this database there are […]
Cycles of change – the methodology of The Agency
Post by Naomi Paxton The idea for and methodology of The Agency was originally developed by Marcus Faustini in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2010. Wanting to ’empower young people to become agents of change’, to challenge stereotypes and encourage young people to change their own communities for the […]
Global conversations about theatre, performance and poverty
Post by Naomi Paxton As part of my job as Research Associate for the Poor Theatres project, I have had the privilege of undertaking a number of Skype interviews with artists and practitioners working around the world. The trailers for these interviews are available as a playlist on the Poor […]
Carran’s Working Diary 27: Pictures and Voices
From the Concert here are Pictures on the Wall and Voices on the Past
Carran’s Diary 26: Writing on the Wall 3: SkEtching a book
On Breaking the Rule Book: “The thing is, not everyone does it by the book. In the south, they do it by the book, but in the north they don’t do anything by the book. They don’t believe in the book. In Rochdale, they’ve thrown the book out. They don’t […]