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    ‘Conversation is an activity to be valued in itself – not just for where it may lead’

    August 25, 2015 2:00 pm / no comments

    We are pleased to publish a ‘guest post’ by Lauren Ash – currently an MA Theatre and Performance student at the University of Manchester. Lauren completed a placement with the Learning & Participation Department at the Octagon Theatre (Bolton), working closely with Melodramatics – the women’s theatre group in New […]

     

    ‘Humanising our public spaces’ – part 2

    August 18, 2015 2:37 pm / no comments

    Post by Jenny Hughes This is a follow up to the ‘Humanising our public spaces’ and ‘A unique partnership’ blog posts – giving an overview of the Octagon Theatre’s partnership with Bolton at Home, and Bolton at Home’s wonderful Percent for Art scheme. As noted on previous posts – the partnership between this major […]

     

    A unique partnership between a regional theatre and social housing

    August 8, 2015 11:50 am / no comments

    Post by Jenny Hughes In this two minute clip, Roddy Gauld summarises the partnership between the Octagon Theatre – a major regional theatre – and Bolton at Home – a social housing provider responsible for 18,000 homes across Bolton (a town in the North of England). Roddy describes the responsibility […]

     

    ‘Humanising our public spaces’

    August 6, 2015 3:32 pm / no comments

    Post by Jenny Hughes ‘Some suggested areas of work include: Community led design – railings, pavings, play areas etc.; Arts and cultural festivals – to celebrate communities; Community development projects – video, photography, local history, drama; Tenants news – local community art input; Art to support finding bids – use […]

     

    Call for contributions – Precariousness

    June 1, 2015 5:15 pm / no comments

    Please consider making a proposal in response to the ‘Call for contributions’ – and please also share with others who may be interested.   Precariousness and the performances of welfare RiDE: the Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance – Special themed issue Edited by Jenny Hughes Call for contributions ‘Precarious’ […]

     

    The Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam: A theatre commons in action?

    May 25, 2015 4:33 pm / no comments

    We are very pleased to include this guest blog post from Hebe Reilly – MA Applied Theatre student at the University of Manchester. The post arises from her MA research on theatre commons in India and the UK. When reading Jenny Hughes’ posts on the theatre commons I began contemplating my […]

     

    Octagon Theatre, social housing and the uses of history

    May 20, 2015 7:04 pm / no comments

    Post by Jenny Hughes I am looking at the history of a partnership between a major regional theatre and social housing provider in the North – the Octagon Theatre and Bolton at Home. The aim is to document the partnership by talking to key artists and community members as well as […]

     

    Call out to theatre projects engaging with poverty, inequality and economic justice

    April 30, 2015 4:43 pm / no comments

    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

    Temperance drama and the poor

    April 29, 2015 4:43 pm / no comments

    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 […]

     
    Making theatre in the midst of austerity – SYMPOSIUM

    Making theatre in the midst of austerity – SYMPOSIUM

    March 2, 2015 10:20 am / no comments

    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 […]

     
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