communityArchives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:24:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Cycles of change – the methodology of The Agency http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/cycles-of-change-the-methodology-of-the-agency/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:22:43 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1151 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 […]

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]]> Colectivo Sustento – Chile http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/colectivo-sustento-chile/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:16:34 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=990 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 […]

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]]> Percent for Art at Bolton at Home http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/percent-for-art-bolton-at-home/ Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:22:01 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=920 Post by Jenny Hughes For an excellent introduction to Bolton at Home’s unique ‘Percent for Art’ scheme, have a look at the 7 minute film below. Here, Dawn Obe-Yates (Percent for Art Officer for Bolton South) gives an overview of the aims of Percent for Art and key points in […]

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]]> We had something to say, not something to sell http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/we-had-something-to-say-not-something-to-sell/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:09:35 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=897 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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]]> Seeing Red – Melodramatics (part 1) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/seeing-red-melodramatics-part-1/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:31:51 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=852 Post by Jenny Hughes ‘Can everyone check they have their red bra please?’ – was the repeated appeal from director Lauren Ash in the final hours of the rehearsal of Seeing Red, an original drama exploring experiences of domestic violence, performed in the Bill Naughton Studio at the Octagon on 21st and […]

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]]> Dispatches on the Band of Hope – North Wales http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/dispatches-on-the-band-of-hope-north-wales/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:47:20 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=847 Post by Jenny Hughes ‘A Prize Recitation’ – Band of Hope Review, 1906   It was good to present research on Band of Hope theatricals at the Theatre and Performance Research (TaPRA) conference at Worcester University last week – you can read a post on the presentation here – ‘Audible […]

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]]> ‘Conversation is an activity to be valued in itself – not just for where it may lead’ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/conversation-is-an-activity-to-be-valued-in-itself-not-just-for-where-it-may-lead/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:00:42 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=776 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 […]

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]]> A unique partnership between a regional theatre and social housing http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/a-unique-partnership-between-a-regional-theatre-and-social-housing/ Sat, 08 Aug 2015 11:50:45 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=733 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 […]

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]]> ‘Humanising our public spaces’ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/humanising-our-public-spaces/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:32:20 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=726 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 […]

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]]> A sense of Agency… http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/a-sense-of-agency/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:56:10 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=683 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 […]

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