Passing On
Play using puppetry based on research into end of life care.
A play using puppetry based on the words and experiences of health professionals and bereaved relatives of people who died in hospital. The performance uses verbatim text edited by the playwright Mike Kenny from a research study undertaken at the University of Warwick funded by the Burdett Nursing Trust.
'Passing On' draws on the findings of a research project:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/healthatwarwick/research/currentfundedres/burdett
Related links:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/capital/teaching_and_learning/projects/passing
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/projects/osl-final/ethnodrama/case_study
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/healthatwarwick/newsandevents/events/suspense_puppetry
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/healthatwarwick/research/devgroups/applyingtheatre/sante_theatre
Coming soon: video resources
Inside View
This performance has been funded by the Wellcome Trust with the intention of stimulating and informing debate about prenatal screening during early pregnancy. The dilemmas and questions are explored from the perspectives of both health professional and pregnant women. The performance raised questions about some of the social, ethical and cultural issues and stimulated debate. Download here
a poster of this project.
The performance draws on the findings of a research project on the 'Social Implications of Prenatal Genetic Screening'
. This was funded by the ESRC within the Innovative Health Technologies Programme (L21825042). This project collected questionnaires from several hundred women in two different locations both before and after birth. It also carried out interviews with women during pregnancy and postnatally. It recorded consultations within two maternity clinic sites and interviewed the staff working there. The project provides a wealth of rich narrative data, from health professionals, women and their partners about prenatal screening, which has been used to inform this performance.
Website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/healthatwarwick/research/pastresearch/inside_view
