poor theatres Archives - 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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]]> Collaborative Perspectives on Online Presence http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/collaborative-perspectives-on-online-presence-researching-theatre-and-poverty/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:26:23 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1188 Jenny Hughes and Carran Waterfield This blog post is based on our presentation at the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership ‘Promoting Collaborative Research Through Your Online Profile’ event on 25th January 2016 – we were invited to talk to PhD students about how we used online presence to support […]

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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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]]> Global conversations about theatre, performance and poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/globalconversations/ Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:28:35 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1142 Post by Naomi Paxton As part of my job as Research Associate for the Poor Theatres project, I have had the privilege of undertaking a number of Skype interviews with artists and practitioners working around the world. The trailers for these interviews are available as a playlist on the Poor […]

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]]> The House – hatches, matches and dispatches http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-house-hatches-matches-and-dispatches/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:59:30 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1049 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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]]> Making theatre in the midst of austerity http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/making-theatre-in-the-midst-of-austerity-full-programme/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:57:53 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=929 A one-day symposium on theatre, poverty and inequality Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester The Martin Harris Centre is building number 42 on the campus map available here – www.manchester.ac.uk/maps 4 November 2015 FULL PROGRAMME 9am: Registration, with coffee and tea 9.30 – 10.45: Welcome and keynote session 1: John McGrath & […]

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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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]]> Making theatre in the midst of austerity – SYMPOSIUM http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/making-theatre-in-the-midst-of-austerity-symposium/ Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:20:17 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=512 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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]]> A list of resources useful for beginning to think about a theatre commons http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/list-resources-useful-beginning-think-theatre-commons/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/list-resources-useful-beginning-think-theatre-commons/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:50:40 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=436 This is the final of 4 blog posts on the theatre commons, written by Jenny Hughes. This one is a list of resources …   Commons on the net David Bollier’s blog The Commoner On the Commons Howlaround – a commons by and for people who make performance International Association for the […]

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