Dementia's Journey

Abstract

ABSTRACTDementia’s Journey explores the year-long process of a playwright working with a charity and its partners in writing a play focussing on experiences of dementia in a South Asian community, and how the need to tell an emotionally engaging and resonant story is balanced with the requirement to raise awareness of the issues involved. It explores the demands and challenges of using a cast of older volunteers, and asks if using volunteers adds to the authenticity and resonance of the play's message, or if the artistic and aesthetic standards of a performance are more important.