London Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:32:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 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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]]> ‘The Beggar’s Theatre’ (1931) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-beggars-theatre-1931/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-beggars-theatre-1931/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:15:30 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=227 Post by Jenny Hughes Somebody recently showed me an interesting account of a poor theatre from a book about theatre audiences published in 1931. The book, called Gallery unreserved written by ‘A Galleryite’, offers a series of revelatory anecdotes about the views, feelings and experiences of those who queued for the ‘cheap seats’ in […]

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