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What can we learn from play? A comparative analysis of creative play and ‘playing along’ in dementia care environments (2023)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. (2023). What can we learn from play? A comparative analysis of creative play and ‘playing along’ in dementia care environments. Applied Theatre Research, 11(2), 103-117. https://doi.org/10.1386/atr_00079_1

In this article, I explore play in dementia care settings, specifically two types: creative play (play that engages creativity and imagination) and ‘playing along’. Acknowledging debates on truth-telling in dementia care, I consider how engagement-fo... Read More about What can we learn from play? A comparative analysis of creative play and ‘playing along’ in dementia care environments.

Conversations on death and dying: exploring performance as a prompt. (2023)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. (2023). Conversations on death and dying: exploring performance as a prompt. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17, 26323524231209059. https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524231209059

BackgroundDeath is inevitable, yet for some, conversations around death remain difficult. The stigmatisation of death amongst some cultures has a negative impact with studies showing societies least likely to discuss end of life openly remain the low... Read More about Conversations on death and dying: exploring performance as a prompt..

Documentary Theatre in Britain and Ireland, 2000-2010: and overview (2023)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2023, June). Documentary Theatre in Britain and Ireland, 2000-2010: and overview

Theatre often takes an oppositional stance when there is a need to confront directly the political circumstances occurring at the time of production. Facts and information are at a premium at times of upheaval and, as a result, documentary forms tend... Read More about Documentary Theatre in Britain and Ireland, 2000-2010: and overview.

2022: Can We Talk About Death? Autobiography and Connection: A study of the adaptation of socially engaged practice for a public audiences (2023)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2023, January). 2022: Can We Talk About Death? Autobiography and Connection: A study of the adaptation of socially engaged practice for a public audiences

Applied Theatre practice often balances successful engagement with evidence of impact, particularly in a research and funding landscape where impact is considered (by such bodies as the UK Research Excellence Framework and Knowledge Exchange Framewor... Read More about 2022: Can We Talk About Death? Autobiography and Connection: A study of the adaptation of socially engaged practice for a public audiences.

Applied theatre : creative ageing (2017)
Book
McCormick, S. (2017). M. Balfour, & S. Preston (Eds.), Applied theatre : creative ageing. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing examines the complex social, political and cultural needs of a diverse group in our society and asks how contemporary applied theatre responds to those needs. For the first time, this publication allows an examination... Read More about Applied theatre : creative ageing.

Panel discussion : WIT: making art out of illness (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2016, February). Panel discussion : WIT: making art out of illness. Presented at Panel Discussion: WIT: Making Art out of Illness, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Illness not as a metaphor : simplicity and kindness in Margaret Edson’s WIT Programme Note, WIT By Margaret Edson, Directed by Raz Shaw. Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 21 January 2016 - 13 February 2016 (2016)
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in Margaret Edson’s WIT Programme Note, WIT By Margaret Edson, Directed by Raz Shaw. Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 21 January 2016 - 13 February 2016

WIT is a play outstanding in its exploration of the human condition and the possibility for enlightenment. In her play, Edson introduces Professor Vivian Bearing, distinguished scholar of 17th-century English poetry. Through the course of the play... Read More about Illness not as a metaphor : simplicity and kindness in Margaret Edson’s WIT Programme Note, WIT By Margaret Edson, Directed by Raz Shaw. Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 21 January 2016 - 13 February 2016.

Choosing make believe : pretence or re-orientatation in the care of individuals living with dementia? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2015, January). Choosing make believe : pretence or re-orientatation in the care of individuals living with dementia?. Presented at Representing Dementia: a symposium exploring representations of dementia within the arts and popular imagination, Royal Holloway, London

‘The stage presents things that are make-believe; presumably real life presents things that are real and sometimes not well-rehearsed’ (Goffman, E. 1959, preface). As a student nurse, one quickly learns two strategies when caring for individuals... Read More about Choosing make believe : pretence or re-orientatation in the care of individuals living with dementia?.

Resisting stratification? : arts practice and older adults (2014)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2014, August). Resisting stratification? : arts practice and older adults. Presented at IFTR Annual Conference, University of Warwick

According to recent government figures, 10 million people in the UK are over 65 years old. The latest projections are for 5½ million more elderly people in 20 years’ time and the number will have nearly doubled to around 19 million by 2050. These st... Read More about Resisting stratification? : arts practice and older adults.