ManchesterArchives - 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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]]> Documenting precarious theatres – precariously … http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/documenting-precarious-theatres-precariously/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:25:48 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1176 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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]]> 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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]]> Carran’s Working Diary 21: Overwhelmed http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/carrans-working-diary-21-overwhelmed/ Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:45:59 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1006 We went to Salford with the concert and it was really good.  Great questions and great responses to the concert and the pre concert unpacking. Now I am working through more information from the Data Protector that leaves me with so so many  other questions. Nana was “in hospital” for […]

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]]> Audible and voluble expressions – part 1 (2014) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/audible-and-voluble-expressions-part-1-2014/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 14:25:30 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=792 Post by Jenny Hughes It’s been a pleasure to be part of the latest art project at the Men’s Room Manchester, which celebrated its outcome a week or so ago. The project focused on musical performance, making use of rap, hip hop as well as spoken word poetry. The young men […]

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]]> The Imaginarium of Doctor Booth http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-booth/ Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:34:11 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=718 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 – […]

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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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