Author Archive: admin-poor
Art, devolution and economic justice
Post by Jenny Hughes Here are the notes from a short talk I did at the Art and Devolution event organised by Abigail Gilmore at the Old Granada Studios in Manchester (UK) last week. The ‘Poor Theatres’ project explored the relationships between theatre, poverty and economic justice. The first phase of […]
Collaborative Perspectives on Online Presence
Jenny Hughes and Carran Waterfield This blog post is based on our presentation at the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership ‘Promoting Collaborative Research Through Your Online Profile’ event on 25th January 2016 – we were invited to talk to PhD students about how we used online presence to support […]
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 […]
Collective Encounters (Liverpool, UK) – practice and theory
We are delighted to publish a guest blog from Matthew Elliott, Youth Theatre Director at Collective Encounters. This blog post is a summary of Matthew’s presentation at the ‘Making Theatre in the Midst of Austerity‘ symposium at the University of Manchester on 4th November 2015. Listen to Matthew’s presentation, as […]
Call out to Spanish speaking artists and companies
Llamada para proyectos teatrales que abordan problemáticas en relación con la pobreza, la desigualdad y la justicia económica. ¿Usted forma parte de una organización que aborda temáticas como la pobreza, la desigualdad económica o que trabajan con grupos económicamente desfavorecidos? ¿Qué métodos y propuestas usan ustedes para la creación, participación […]
Call out to Portuguese speaking artists and companies
Chamada para projetos teatrais que lidam com pobreza, desigualdade e justiça econômica Você faz parte de uma organização teatral que discute pobreza, desigualdade econômica ou que trabalha com grupos desfavorecidos economicamente? Quais métodos e abordagens de teatro, participação e produção vocês estão usando ou desenvolvendo e quais são necessários para […]
Call out to French speaking artists and companies
Promouvoir la création théâtrale abordant des problèmes liés à la pauvreté, l’inégalité et à la justice économique. Etes-vous un réalisateur de pièces de théâtre ou une organisation théâtrale abordant des sujets comme la pauvreté, l’inégalité économique ou travaillant avec des groupes économiquement en difficulté ? Quelles méthodes ou approches pour la […]
Making Theatre in the Midst of Austerity
Here’s a blog about the ‘Making Theatre in the Midst of Austerity‘ symposium by Jenny Hughes, originally written for Policy@Manchester and published here In his book, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Blyth summarises an economic policy of austerity as: “a morality play, one that has shifted the blame […]
The House – hatches, matches and dispatches
We are delighted to publish a guest post from Janice Wilson, Blue Badge tourist guide and volunteer at Heron Corn Mill. Janice saw a performance of The House in the barn at Heron Corn Mill on 24th November. (photograph courtesy of Joel Chester Fildes) Our home offers an individual […]
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 […]