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Author Sextou, Persephone

Title Applied Theatre in Paediatrics Stories, Children and Synergies of Emotions
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (141 p.)
Series Learning Through Theatre Ser
Learning Through Theatre Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Hospitalised children's stories in applied theatre -- A synergistic and eudemonic phenomenon -- Stories in-betweenness -- Communicating pain: a process of attunement -- Applied theatre or play therapy? -- The 'fictional bubble': explosions and interruptions -- The act of caring -- The 'marginal participant' technique -- 2 Applied theatre and digital assets on the wards -- The 'Rocket-Arts' project in hospitals -- Pre-pandemic bedside performance -- Post-pandemic digital solutions
Collection of stories -- The impact of COVID-19 on 'Rocket-Arts' -- 3 Sick children's stories: from patients to story-makers -- Introduction to stories -- Jane: 'The piano is on fire' -- Sheila: 'A moon made of cheese' -- Paul: 'The naughty Wolf' -- Alex: 'My grandfather's wellies' -- Sandy: 'We need the Pancakes' 42 -- Claire: 'Silence' -- Karim: 'No!' -- Lisa: 'A robot who could not dance' -- Melissa: 'The Planetary' -- Margaret: 'A park for the animals' -- Stories of hospitalisation on a stitched land -- 4 Applied performance, puppetry and hospital tuition -- The 'Bird Island' project
Lollie the rough collie and the magic kiss -- Feeling worried in paediatrics -- The dramatic frame -- Participatory puppetry in hospital -- Research -- Complementing artistic knowing -- Emma's story -- Katarina's story -- Azeeb's story -- 5 Caring enough is never enough: training actors on emotional skills -- Reflective poetry in paediatrics -- Reflections -- Walking the labyrinth on the ward: a metaphor -- Caring for the artist: we can't pour from an empty cup! -- Emotional awareness: an act of caring -- Realisations to take forward -- Who is the excellent actor in healthcare? A portrait
6 The future: questions and recommendations -- A flashback: my practice in a nutshell -- Post-pandemic learning -- Time for change -- Actions by healthcare providers -- Actions by local authorities and governments -- Actions by artists -- Appendix A Rocket-Arts' or Simba, the therapy dog. The script -- Appendix B 'Lollie the rough collie and the magic kiss'. The story -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000826555
1000826554