EducationArchives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:17:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Audible and voluble expressions – part 2 (1887) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-audible-and-voluble-expression-part-2-1887/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:24:30 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=805 Post by Jenny Hughes I’ve been researching theatrical entertainments in Victorian workhouses, and have come across an extraordinary range of work that might be described as ‘fledgling’ social theatre from the 19th century, from missionary and temperance theatricals to solidarity and charity performances by popular performers, to amateur performances by […]

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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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]]> Octagon Theatre, social housing and the uses of history http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/octagon-theatre-social-housing-and-the-uses-of-history/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/octagon-theatre-social-housing-and-the-uses-of-history/#respond Wed, 20 May 2015 19:04:51 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=648 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 […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/octagon-theatre-social-housing-and-the-uses-of-history/feed/ 0 ‘Sinking stages’ – Jeremy Bentham and the education of pauper children http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:30:40 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=132 Post by Jenny Hughes Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), famously Liberal and utilitarian, is perhaps best known for his advocacy of ‘panopticon’ architectures for prisons, asylums, hospitals and schools. A panopticon is a circular building, with cells on an outside perimeter and an inspection tower in the centre. They are constructed according […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/feed/ 38 Training the pauper child – musical performance http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/training-the-pauper-child-musical-performance/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/training-the-pauper-child-musical-performance/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:06:34 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=111 Post by Jenny Hughes Musical performance – singing, playing an instrument, performing in an orchestral or brass band – was a core part of the educational curriculum for the poor child in the 19th century. Musical performance was seen as a means of personal and social education and a disciplinary […]

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