It has been an absolute delight to be invited back to participate in leading theatre work at Christie Centre and think it's been about six years since I've been to visit my came and quite a few changes have happened since I last saw the crew. Such is the way of life.
In performance for each other
The sessions were broken up into two lots and ran for six sessions before Christmas and the remainder after Christmas in the new year.
Our group was amazing at music and we started to develop a specialty within playback theatre.
How we might be able to tell stories using musical instruments. I looked at playback with music because that was the strength of our participants and what gave them the most creative ways of expressing themselves. Along with my bag of instruments, we had a wonderful assortment of instruments to explore and create with.
This is the first time many were introduced to Boomwhackers and they were a total hit. It was a delight to have the Christie Centre invest in some for their own instrument collection when I was not around. So positive for our people.
Responding to story
We really loved exploring the different games that brought to life creative expression and playfulness with the group.
Game playing
Deepening our relationship, being silly, building trust gradually and finding our what our favourite songs might be.
Music Making
It was great to spend time with old friends and reconnect with instruments and stories about what is happening in the community and about the experiences that light up their lives.