PrecarityArchives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:23:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 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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]]> The Deal Versus The People http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-deal-versus-the-people/ Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:57:44 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=948 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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]]> 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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