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Drama is for Life! Recreational Drama Activities for the Elderly in the UK

dc.contributor.authorSextou, Persephoneen
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Coryen
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-03T11:45:32Z
dc.date.available2018-04-03T11:45:32Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-25en
dc.identifier.issn2084-574Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/24401
dc.description.abstractApplied Theatre is an inclusive term used to host a variety of powerful, community-based participatory processes and educational practices. Historically, Applied Theatre practices include Theatre-in-Education (TiE), Theatre-in-Health Education (THE), Theatre for Development (TfD), prison theatre, community theatre, theatre for conflict resolution/reconciliation, reminiscence theatre with elderly people, theatre in museums, galleries and heritage centres, theatre at historic sites, and more recently, theatre in hospitals. In this paper we are positioning the application of recreational dramatic activities with older adults (55+) under Applied Theatre and we are exploring the benefits they offer to the participants. We are concerned that their health and wellbeing in western societies is not prioritized and it is clear that loneliness in particular is a current and ongoing issue. We will present research results from a drama dissertation study that took place in a community hall in the South East England where drama is placed at the core of their practice with old populations. Data was collected by a mixed method (semi-structured interviews and semi-immersive observations) and was critically discussed amongst the authors to conclude that attending recreational drama classes brings a certain degree of happiness, social belonging and improvement of interaction with others to old people’s lives.en
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesText Matters;7en
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0en
dc.subjectApplied Theatreen
dc.subjectwellbeingen
dc.subjectcommunityen
dc.titleDrama is for Life! Recreational Drama Activities for the Elderly in the UKen
dc.page.number273-290en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationNewman Universityen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationNewman Universityen
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dc.contributor.authorEmailp.sextou@newman.ac.uken
dc.contributor.authorEmailcoryrose94@hotmail.comen
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/texmat-2017-0015en


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