Breaks & Joins Podcast
These chats about repair (our stuff, ourselves and our communities) range from mending textiles to the repair of broken bones, from up-cycling in the pandemic to community conflict in Bangladesh, from home made Punk Clothes to celebrating scars. Growing out of a Community project in Lewisham, South East London the podcasts give more space for longer conversations, and you'll be able to hear Rose Sinclair, textile specialist, Raj Bhari, Peacebuilder, talking with Clare MacDonald, artist and Unitarian Minister, Dr Sylvan Baker, founder of The Verbatim Formula,textile dyer Liz Honeybone from the National Theatre costume department, Theatre Designer Amanda Mascarenhas chatting with Mo Sumah, host of the Mend it with Mo repair cafe, Suzi Warren, founder of Stitch it Dont ditch it, theatre academics Sudip Chakroborthy and Ali Campbell on national identities, and Rachel Ho, ceramicist and creator of the scarred pots.They're interviewed by Sue Mayo, edited by Chuck Blue Lowry, music by Bob Karperhttp://www.suemayo.co.uk/
Breaks & Joins Podcast
Series 5, Episode 7: Dr Georgia Bowers
Dr Georgia Bowers is a leading Creative Ageing practitioner, academic and pro-ageing activist. Her work explores how theatre making with older adults can tackle ageism and takes place in care homes, hospitals, sheltered housing accommodation, day centres and via online video platforms. Georgia has worked for arts organisations such as Royal Opera House, Brighton People’s Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Spare Tyre and London Bubble. Both her research and Creative Ageing practice has been celebrated and shared throughout Europe and North America. She is currently the Programme Leader for Applied and Contemporary Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting.
http://www.georgiabowers.co.uk
https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2023.2272511
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