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Art, devolution and economic justice

admin-poor — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:31:53 +0000

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 […]

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Documenting precarious theatres – precariously …

admin-poor — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:25:48 +0000

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 […]

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Making Theatre in the Midst of Austerity

admin-poor — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:49:23 +0000

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 […]

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The Deal Versus The People

admin-poor — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:57:44 +0000

Post by Jenny Hughes Common Wealth Theatre Council Chambers – Bradford City Hall, 21 – 24 October 2015 “I’m really glad you’re all here, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for coming. I wanted witnesses. I need you to see this and then go away and tell […]

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We had something to say, not something to sell

admin-poor — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:09:35 +0000

We are delighted to post this ‘guest blog’ by Carry Gorney – this is made up of excerpts from Carry’s book, Send me a parcel with a hundred lovely things. The title of this blog post comes from Suze Rotolo A memoir of Greenwich Village in the sixties (2008). I’m ready […]

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Call for contributions – Precariousness

admin-poor — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:15:34 +0000

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’ […]

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The Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam: A theatre commons in action?

admin-poor — Mon, 25 May 2015 16:33:21 +0000

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 […]

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A list of resources useful for beginning to think about a theatre commons

admin-poor — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:50:40 +0000

This is the final of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons, written by Jenny Hughes. This one is a list of resources … Commons on the net David Bollier’s blog The Commoner On the Commons Howlaround – a commons by and for people who make performance International Association for the […]

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8 steps towards a theatre commons: 5 to 8

admin-poor — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:48:09 +0000

This is the third of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons – written by Jenny Hughes Here’s the next post about a ‘theatre commons’ – ‘8 steps towards a theatre commons: 5 to 8’. See ‘Towards a theatre commons’ and ‘8 steps towards a theatre commons: 1 to 4′ for the first two. 5. […]

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8 steps towards a theatre commons: 1 to 4

admin-poor — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:17:20 +0000

This is the second of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons – written by Jenny Hughes Here’s a second post about a ‘theatre commons’ – ‘8 steps towards a theatre commons’. I am posting the first 4 steps only here and 4 more will follow soon. See ‘Towards a theatre […]

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