Bolton at Home Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:23:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Seeing Red – Melodramatics (part 2) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/seeing-red-melodramatics-part-2/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:51:26 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=854 Post by Jenny Hughes Thanks to the Melodramatics group for letting me sit in on some of their rehearsals towards their first piece of live performance, Seeing Red, which premiered in the Bill Naughton Studio Theatre of the Octagon Theatre on 21st September 2015 (see previous blog post ‘Seeing Red […]

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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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]]> ‘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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