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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..

Coffee, cake & culture : evaluation of an art for health programme for older people in the community (2014)
Journal Article
Roe, B., McCormick, S., Lucas, T., Gallagher, W., Winn, A., & Elkin, S. (2016). Coffee, cake & culture : evaluation of an art for health programme for older people in the community. Dementia, 15(4), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214528927

Arts for health initiatives and networks are being developed in a number of countries and an international literature is emerging on the evidence of their benefits to people's health, wellbeing and quality of life. Engagement in cultural and creative... Read More about Coffee, cake & culture : evaluation of an art for health programme for older people in the community.

Heroes with Their Hands in the Air: Memory and Commemoration in Contemporary Documentary Theatre (2013)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. Heroes with Their Hands in the Air: Memory and Commemoration in Contemporary Documentary Theatre. Kritika, 21/22, 500-515. https://doi.org/10.13185/KK2013.02116

Documentary theatre has the capacity to confront and challenge its audience; however, there are occasions when examples from the genre avoid confrontation. These examples might not promote ideas consistent with the political status quo; neither, howe... Read More about Heroes with Their Hands in the Air: Memory and Commemoration in Contemporary Documentary Theatre.

The Darkest Corner: documenting institutional abuse and its consequences at the Abbey Theatre (2012)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. (2012). The Darkest Corner: documenting institutional abuse and its consequences at the Abbey Theatre. Irish Studies Review, 20(2), 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670882.2012.679216

Documentary theatre, as a theatrical genre, has not maintained a continuous presence in Irish theatre. The Darkest Corner series, produced in 2010 by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland's National Theatre is, therefore, one of the first examples of Ir... Read More about The Darkest Corner: documenting institutional abuse and its consequences at the Abbey Theatre.