workhouses Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:34:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Introducing ‘The House’ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/introducing-the-house/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/introducing-the-house/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:37:13 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=130 Post by Jenny Hughes I have been working with Carran Waterfield from Triangle Theatre, to begin to develop ideas for a solo piece of performance (to be devised and performed by Carran, with a premiere in October 2015). We’ve provisionally entitled this ‘The House’. The performance will make use of […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/introducing-the-house/feed/ 0 The only way is Rochdale (2) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-only-way-is-rochdale-2/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-only-way-is-rochdale-2/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:20:08 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=100 Post by Jenny Hughes I’ve been looking at records of entertainments in Dearnley workhouse in Rochdale, from its opening in 1877. This has meant looking at huge, heavy, dusty, crumbling minute books kept by the Board of Guardians and various workhouse committees – minute books are full of beautiful handwritten […]

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