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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carran’s Working Diary 20: We did it!
The House has opened to the ratepayers and they all seemed happy that the money has been spent responsibly. Bit tired now. We are preparing to travel to some other places to show the concert. We are going to Salford, Beetham, Coventry and Crewe. We are in Salford next week, […]