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Making memories matter

Making memories matter Feature Jennifer Kulik PhD student in Theatre at Arizona State University Pam Schweitzer Artistic Director of Age Exchange enter a world where memories come alive. The Making Reminiscence Centre is an interactive museum operated by Age Exchange, a charity organisation created by Pam Schweitzer in 1983, memories devoted to making memories matter. Age matter Exchange: In this edition of WWOP, we’re focusing some A theatre of memories attention on the involvement older people have with the arts – including the performing arts. Initially, Age Exchange existed as a professional For professional actors, there is no ‘retirement touring theatre company devising and performing age’ as such – some actors continue to work original plays based on the life experiences of local well into their 70s and beyond. June Brown, older people. The performance pieces were who plays Dot Cotton on BBC’s EastEnders, is occasionally shaped by improvisations based on a good example of a septuagenarian still very oral history interviews, but often the scripts were much in demand as a working actor; many written verbatim from the interview transcripts readers will recall that the late Sir John themselves. During rehearsals, actors had the Gielgud was taking on new acting roles http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Working with Older People Emerald Publishing

Making memories matter

Kulik, Jennifer; Schweitzer, Pam
Working with Older People , Volume 6 (3): 3 – Sep 1, 2002
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1366-3666
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10.1108/13663666200200028
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Feature Jennifer Kulik PhD student in Theatre at Arizona State University Pam Schweitzer Artistic Director of Age Exchange enter a world where memories come alive. The Making Reminiscence Centre is an interactive museum operated by Age Exchange, a charity organisation created by Pam Schweitzer in 1983, memories devoted to making memories matter. Age matter Exchange: In this edition of WWOP, we’re focusing some A theatre of memories attention on the involvement older people have with the arts – including the performing arts. Initially, Age Exchange existed as a professional For professional actors, there is no ‘retirement touring theatre company devising and performing age’ as such – some actors continue to work original plays based on the life experiences of local well into their 70s and beyond. June Brown, older people. The performance pieces were who plays Dot Cotton on BBC’s EastEnders, is occasionally shaped by improvisations based on a good example of a septuagenarian still very oral history interviews, but often the scripts were much in demand as a working actor; many written verbatim from the interview transcripts readers will recall that the late Sir John themselves. During rehearsals, actors had the Gielgud was taking on new acting roles

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Published: Sep 1, 2002

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