As
we will be asking the group members to share so much over the project I thought
it was only fair to share a little bit about the creative team too.
Re-Live
is a professional theatre company that specialises in creating life-story work with
people on the margins of society. Their motto is “everyone has a story to tell”
and they are passionate in their work to share these stories with the wider
community to promote better wellbeing and understanding. They also offer
training courses in life-story work and experiencing dementia for theatre
professionals, care workers and members of the general public who have an
interest in these areas.
The
core team consists of Alison O’Connor and Karin Diamond who established Re-Live.
Since then they have gone on to create work with a whole range of people; from
war veterans with PTSD, to those experiencing end of life care. Their work
always allows those on the edges of society to be heard.
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| Karin and Alison looking lovely |
Alison is a Cognitive
Behavioural Counsellor, having trained at the University of Wales. Her
particular expertise is working with older adults. She uses these skills and
her experience of applied drama work in hospices, residential homes and other
care settings when creating work as Re-Live. Alison has recently been awarded a
‘Creative Wales Award’ from The Arts Council of Wales (2013) to explore
“Transformation in Arts and Health: Stories that Change”.
Karin started out as an
actress working in theatre, film and TV and then developed skills in writing
and producing original work. She is a very experience drama practitioner and
uses theatre for training and development, having designed numerous programmes
for organisations such as Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and Social Services. In
2010 Karin was awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship to research ‘Arts
in dementia care’ with Dr Yukimi Uchide in Ofunato, Japan. This experience in
Japan has great influenced the work of Re-Live and has particularly inspired
the work on Memoria.
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