Applied Theatre was the first collection to assist practitioners and students in developing
critical frameworks for their own community-based theatrical projects. The editors draw on …

What if the work of a nurse, physio, or homecare worker was designated an art, so that the
qualities of the experiences they create became understood as aesthetic qualities? What if …

In 2004, Julia Johnson edited a collection of five articles entitled Writing Old Age. In the
introduction, Johnson pointed to the emergence of researchers such as Andrew Blaikie …

Between January 2019 and March 2020, I co-created a project entitled Wonder VR in
collaboration with a Clinical Nurse, Natascha Teszner, who is part of a Dementia Care …

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasises the importance of care for our societies, yet
underscores the inferiority of relational caring practices. During this time, we studied the …

In this paper, we describe ways that older adults in the context of an online music and
movement program used music, movement, and the Zoom platform to create places that …

In this article, I will offer case study insights into the value of digital applied theatre practice
that has evolved to remain person-centred, valuing what Gail Mitchell et al.(2020) termed a …

Background: Death is inevitable, yet for some, conversations around death remain difficult.
The stigmatisation of death amongst some cultures has a negative impact with studies …

Intergenerational theater activities have been recently employed in recreation for older
adults. We held a series of four intergenerational theater workshops in two older adults' care …

Crisis, Representation and Resilience 22 foregrounding old age in our engagement with
theatre. 2 Yet despite the frequent framing of old age as crisis in public discourse, there is no …