EntrepreneurshipArchives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:24:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Art, devolution and economic justice http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/art-devolution-economicjustice/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:31:53 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1213 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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