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‘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 […]

The Imaginarium of Doctor Booth

July 30, 2015 2:34 pm / no comments

Post by Naomi Paxton The Imaginarium of Doctor Booth was a piece written by Janine Waters, the artistic director of The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre in Chorlton, Manchester. Waters has been running weekly drama sessions at the Booth Centre, a day centre for homeless people, for many years – […]

A sense of Agency…

July 16, 2015 3:56 pm / no comments

Post by Naomi Paxton On Saturday 11th April, the Agency project held a Fun Day at the Miners Community Arts and Music Centre in Moston, North Manchester. The event was open to the whole community and was a showcase for the work of five young Agents the project developed and […]

In the Workhouse – theatrical propaganda from 1911

June 9, 2015 12:29 pm / no comments

Post by Naomi Paxton ‘These facts told to a street corner audience invariably arouse great indignation, for the poor know by bitter experience that they are true; to bring them to the knowledge of our legislators is harder.’ The quote above is from Margaret Wynne Nevinson’s preface to her play […]

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 […]