Events at The University of Manchester
  • University home
  • Events
  • Home
  • Exhibitions
  • Conferences
  • Lectures and seminars
  • Performances
  • Events for prospective students
  • Family events
  • All Events

The House - A solo performance by Carran Waterfield (Triangle Theatre)

image
Dates:3 November 2015
Times:19:00 - 21:00
What is it:Theatre/Performance
Organiser:Martin Harris Centre
How much:FREE - BOOKING ESSENTIAL
See travel and contact information
Add to your calendar

Other events

  • In category "Theatre/Performance"
  • In group "(ALC) Drama"
  • By Martin Harris Centre

The House is inspired by historical sources relating to poor women in the Victorian workhouse and contemporary debates about poverty and welfare. It traces a series of real and imagined characters, and narratives of destitution, institutionalisation, creativity and care, over a period of almost 200 years. Drawing on the performer’s research into her own family’s engagements with social welfare dating back to the Victorian workhouse, The House is an ancestral epic that explores how poor women have responded to welfare regimes historically and contemporaneously.

    • PLEASE NOTE **

The performance on 3 November is being filmed from a static camera, and clips will be used for promotion and educational purposes only. Whilst the camera will focus on the performer, it is possible that some audience members will be captured on film. If you would prefer that we do not use clips that identify you as an audience member, please email Jenny Hughes in advance of the event. (Jenny.Hughes@manchester.ac.uk)

The House is supported by an Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship, ‘Poor Theatres: a critical exploration of theatre, performance and economic precarity’, led by Dr Jenny Hughes (www.manchester.ac.uk/poortheatres).

This research explores the relationships between theatre, poverty and inequality, focusing on selected historical and contemporary examples. The House represents the findings of a practice-based research process exploring poverty, welfare and the representation of poor women.

Price: FREE - BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Travel and Contact Information

Find event

The John Thaw Studio Theatre
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Manchester

Contact event

Martin Harris Centre Box Office

0161 2758951

Share / follow event

Contact us

  • +44 (0) 161 306 6000

Find us

The University of Manchester
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK

Connect with the University

  • Facebook page for The University of Manchester
  • Twitter page for The University of Manchester
  • YouTube page for The University of Manchester
  • Google+ page for The University of Manchester
  • Pinterest page for The University of Manchester

  • Privacy /
  • Copyright notice /
  • Accessibility /
  • Freedom of information /
  • Charitable status /
  • Royal Charter Number: RC000797
  • Close menu
  • Home
    • Featured events
    • Today's events
    • The Whitworth events
    • Manchester Museum events
    • Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre events
    • Martin Harris Centre events
    • The John Rylands Library events
    • Exhibitions
    • Conferences
    • Lectures and seminars
    • Performances
    • Events for prospective students
    • Family events
    • All events