Georgia Bowers is an applied theatre practitioner, researcher and academic currently undertaking her PhD at the University of Portsmouth and her research is interested in learning about how theatre can be used to disrupt the established narratives around ageing, and the impact this may have on participants. Georgia speaks about the ways that applied theatre might be able to create shame resilience among older adults. Georgia’s interest in this area started from a summer job as an activities coordinator in a care home, which provoked her to address her pre-conceptions about working with older adults and instead open up and be inspired by the vibrance and energy of her collaborators. She then began to develop an applied theatre practice by setting up a theatre company within the care home which helped the collective of residents tell their stories, learn about each other and build community. Her research builds on these experiences and seeks to measure what difference theatre can make to adults over 65 who take part in a regular theatrical intervention.

Applied Theatre, Older Adults & Shame Resilience With Georgia Bowers  (17-03-2022)

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Lost Village 23rd August 2025

Taken from the Samhain EP. Out now on limited coloured vinyl 12" and digital - https://thefifthkingdom.lnk.to/samhain

Samhain EP

Samhain

My #LoopAtHome project. The initial instrument I made didn't give me enough harmonic breadth to work with (it was crash!), so instead I headed to the kitchen to make some homemade bread, leaving the Zoom recording as I mixed things up. It felt satisfying to know that at least we'd be eating in the morning ;-)

(video here https://vimeo.com/leadingbeyondboundaries/review/411560378/737cabeb87)

Breaking Bread

BaAka women singing yeyi. Recorded by Louis Sarno in the Central African Republic, 7th April 1993. The Louis Sarno collection of more than 1000 hours of recordings of BaAka music and soundscapes from the Central African Republic and Northern Congo is curated by the Pitt Rivers Museum, together with thousands of fieldwork images.

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BaAka women singing yeyi (Central African Republic) [1997 21 2 76 A 1]

These Days

The vast majority of our country is entirely unknown to us because we are banned from setting foot on it. By law of trespass, we are excluded from 92 per cent of the land and 97 per cent of its waterways, blocked by walls whose legitimacy is rarely questioned. But behind them lies a story of enclosure, exploitation and dispossession of public rights whose effects last to this day.

The Book of Trespass takes us on a journey over the walls of England, into the thousands of square miles of rivers, woodland, lakes and meadows that are blocked from public access. By trespassing the land of the media magnates, Lords, politicians and private corporations that own England, Nick Hayes argues that the root of social inequality is the uneven distribution of land.

Weaving together the stories of poachers, vagabonds, gypsies, witches, hippies, ravers, ramblers, migrants and protestors, and charting acts of civil disobedience that challenge orthodox power at its heart, The Book of Trespass will transform the way you see the land.

Breaking Bread

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