Double grant success for Ages and Stages

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Posted on 19 July 2013

Professor Miriam Bernard, Ages & Stages Project Leader and Director of Keele's Centre for Social Gerontology, has been awarded two grants by the AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) under their 'Cultural Value Project' scheme. 

A Research Development Award, exploring 'the cultural value of older people's experiences of theatre making', will enable Prof Bernard and Dr Jill Rezzano (Head of Education at the New Vic Theatre) to extend their research partnership and continue their innovative work with the Ages and Stages Theatre Company.

Members of the Company will conduct research with each other about their experiences of being involved with 'Ages and Stages' since 2009, and about their understanding of the cultural value of theatre making. It will lead to the devising of a new small scale performance piece to be shared at an invited symposium at the New Vic in May 2014.

Alongside this Prof Bernard, and Research Associate Dr Michelle Rickett, will undertake a Critical Review on 'ageing, drama and creativity'. The review will document what is known more broadly about older people's experiences and understandings of the cultural value of theatre making, and its findings will also form part of the event in May 2014.

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