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12 month follow-on funding grant for The Ages and Stages research team

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Posted on 19 July 2012

The Ages and Stages research team, led by Professor Mim Bernard, has been awarded a 12 month Follow-on Funding grant by the Arts & Humanities Research Council to the value of £114,579.

The additional financial support will enable the team to develop the research-led learning from the initial project and continue the collaborative work between the University and the New Vic Theatre. The next twelve months will be devoted to:

  • Forming an intergenerational theatre company at the New Vic Theatre and bringing older and younger people together in creative, drama-based activities.
  •  Developing touring pieces(s) which will be taken out to audiences within, and beyond, North Staffordshire.
  •  Piloting an inter-professional training course aimed at developing practice capabilities and age awareness amongst teachers, health and social care professionals, arts practitioners and others interested in learning about, and including, intergenerational theatre/drama in their practice.
  •  Scoping out – with a range of partners – the possibilities for a wider 'Creative Age Festival'.

The follow-on project is led by Professor Bernard, working together with Ages and Stages Research Associate, Dr Michelle Rickett, and Head of Education at the New Vic Theatre, Jill Rezzano.

If you are interested in learning more, please contact one of the research team and/or take a look at the project website here.

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