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Impact evaluation report, 'Who's Helen?'
— Liverpool 2004 overview | | Corporate Author | Pyramid Theatre Company |
| Publisher | Pyramid Theatre Company, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, 2004 |
| Pages | 18 pp + pack (various pagings) |
| Source | Pyramid Theatre Company, 'Bryntirion', 48 Penygroes Road, Caerbryn, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire SA18 DQ. E-mail: enquiries@pyramidtheatrecompany.co.uk Website: http://pyramidtheatrecompany.co.uk |
| Keywords | Drama ; Ageing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | "Who's Helen?" is a one-act, one-woman play, lasting 50 minutes, which was commissioned by Pyramid Theatre Company, the aim being to raise awareness of older people's problems in an entertaining and informative manner. This impact evaluation report is based on responses in the 373 (out of 699) questionnaires handed to audience members at performances in Liverpool during the Autumn 2004 tour. The report points to interest from a wide range of age groups - including schoolchildren - highlighting the likely intergenerational interest on awareness raising. For service providers, the production provided an insight into the needs, feelings, fears and preoccupations of the older person, and in many cases helped them assess their own attitudes to their work with older people. The report also explains the "hot seating" and other discussion features of this and other Pyramid productions. Recommendations made by audiences regarding issues raised by the play cover themes such as social contact, services, and benefits/pensions. An accompanying pack provides information on theatre in health education, other productions by Pyramid, community based theatre projects, and drama techniques training courses. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-080603004 B |
| Classmark | HKD: BG: TOB: 3F |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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