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The House – hatches, matches and dispatches

admin-poor — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:59:30 +0000

We are delighted to publish a guest post from Janice Wilson, Blue Badge tourist guide and volunteer at Heron Corn Mill. Janice saw a performance of The House in the barn at Heron Corn Mill on 24th November. (photograph courtesy of Joel Chester Fildes) Our home offers an individual […]

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Call out to theatre projects engaging with poverty, inequality and economic justice

admin-poor — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:43:22 +0000

Click here for a Portuguese translation of this post Click here for a French translation of this post Click here for a Spanish translation of this post Are you a theatre-maker or theatre organisation addressing poverty, economic inequality, or engaging with economically hard-up groups? What methods and approaches of theatre-making, participation […]

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Making theatre in the midst of austerity – SYMPOSIUM

admin-poor — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:20:17 +0000

A symposium on theatre, poverty and inequality Wednesday 4th November 2015 Martin Harris Centre of Music and Drama, University of Manchester (UK) Including the premiere of The House, a solo performance by Carran Waterfield, Triangle Theatre Call for contributions Deepening economic inequality has been identified as one of the most […]

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8 steps towards a theatre commons: 1 to 4

admin-poor — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:17:20 +0000

This is the second of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons – written by Jenny Hughes Here’s a second post about a ‘theatre commons’ – ‘8 steps towards a theatre commons’. I am posting the first 4 steps only here and 4 more will follow soon. See ‘Towards a theatre […]

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Towards a theatre commons

admin-poor — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:15:55 +0000

This is the first of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons – by Jenny Hughes ‘The commons’ is a term that describes things that are organised in ways that hold them open and make them available for common use. Commons can be material (places, people, things), social (relationships, networks), cultural (values, […]

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‘The Beggar’s Theatre’ (1931)

admin-poor — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:15:30 +0000

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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