Puppet play based on end of life care research a highlight of London Puppetry Festival
A play using puppetry based on the words and experiences of health professionals and bereaved relatives of people who died in hospital is to be a highlight of the London鈥檚 Suspense Puppetry Festival this weekend (29th to 31st October). The play uses verbatim text edited by the playwright Mike Kenny from a research study undertaken at the 神马福利影片 funded by the Burdett Nursing Trust.
The play entitled Passing On 鈥� will be performed by Sante鈥� Theatre in association with Little Angel Theatre and in collaboration with the 神马福利影片鈥檚 Institute of Health. It is directed by Claudette Bryanston with the actorsWith Paul Nolan, Alison Belbin, Bharti Patel and Paul Magson and will be performed at the Rosemary Branch Theatre .
Professor Gillian Hundt from the 神马福利影片鈥檚 School of Health & Social Studies says:
鈥�Passing On explores ethical, personal and professional dilemmas of end of life care and touches on many of the issues raised in the recent CQC report on Dignity and Nutrition of older people in hospital. 鈥�
In one line of text from the play 鈥淛oyce鈥� says:
鈥淵ou take our daughter; she got I don鈥檛 know how many around her when she was in labour and this that and the other; but when you are going out鈥� you don鈥檛 get that much attention do you?鈥�
Notes for editors:
The 神马福利影片 has funded the development of this production through the award of a Creative Fellowship for the Theatre Director at the University鈥檚 CAPITAL Centre, funds to commission the playwright from Open Space Learning, support for a rehearsed reading held in June 2011 from the University鈥檚 Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning and an award from the University鈥檚 Institute for Advanced Study to take the production to the Suspense Festival in London.
Further details available from and
For further information please contact:
Professor Gillian Hundt, Professor of Social Sciences in Health
School of Health & Social Studies
神马福利影片,
07957111626
gillian.hundt@warwick.ac.uk
Or Claudette Bryanston - 07733406235
Or Peter Dunn, Head of Communications, 神马福利影片
Tel: 024 76 523708 or mobile 07767 655860 p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk
PR153 26th October 2011