A range of issue plays which explore disability awareness, especially aimed at people with learning disabilities. Government initiative such as Person Centred Planning, Direct Payments and other legal requirements feature in these plays. This range of plays also includes a harrowing play about HIV infection and people with learning disabilities.

Another issue play which examines the pros and cons of employing people with disabilities. The play focuses on the Disability Discrimination Act and stresses the responsibilities employers have towards people with disabilities. The play also makes the point that employing someone with a disability could make good commercial sense.

 

An issue play aimed at the need for volunteers in the voluntary sector. An agency worker interviews a potential volunteer who will have to deal with Stan, a cantankerous old geezer from the old school.


 

Woodland Adventures: An environmental play for children (7-11yrs)

Greta Green and Rachel Red grapple with the issues surrounding recycling, litter and the environment. Why can’t Greta Green plant her tree wherever she wants? And what on earth is Rachel Red doing dumping a bin-bag full of rubbish in an area of outstanding beauty? And what do the pair of them put into their ‘green’ shopping basket when they visit the local supermarket?

For the answer to these and other burning questions, join Greta and Rachel in a combination of fun and games and interactive drama with an underlying educational theme.

Ideal for schools and childrens' groups.
 

Mum is suffering from Alzheimers. She has to be looked after by her daughter. Her condition is getting worse and her daughter is at the end of her tether. Who can she turn to for help? Will she be able to cope? If she can't rise to the challenge then her mother will have to go into a home.
Although specifically about the effect of Alzheimers, the play also explores issues around caring for an older person and as such is ideal for audiences concerned with the welfare of carers and the people cared for. 

"Several carers said that for them, the play reflected their own experiences - the isolation, the perpetual tiredness, the nagging sense of guilt that whatever you did, it was never quite enough." Pam Grosvenor (Portsmouth Alzheimer's Society)

"Que Sera Sera/Whatever will be will be/The future's not ours to see/Que Sera Sera..."

Dad has a drink problem. In his 70's, he's been drinking all his adult life. He doesn't think he's got a problem, he just likes a pint. Matters come to a head when his daughter finds a stash of empties hidden in a cupboard. The play tackles the difficulties of admitting to having a problem, the effects of alcohol on older people and the loneliness often experienced by older people who turn to drink for solace. A strong play with themes that many people may prefer to ignore, the play makes the point that for many, a lifetime of drinking can have devastating effects on health and family life.
 

Gran is in hospital. Her daughter and grand-daughter think she may have had a stroke. In her 70's Gran needs help. But no-one is sure until the results of Gran's tests are known. Has Gran just had a warning, or is there a long term problem looming? If long term, Gran is going to need care. Who is going to provide that care? The family? The state? Gran herself? The point is also made that daughter and grand-daughter are discussing Gran's future behind her back!

 

Dad has reached a certain age where he needs to be looked after. Although keen to go into a home, one of his daughters decide he'd be better off with her and her family. However, tempers soon flare and difficulties arise. Concerned primarily with elder abuse, the play examines bullying from a wider context. The bully in one environment can become the bullied in another. Initially commissioned by Age Concern Hampshire, this play has played to many audiences and often provokes a strong reaction. The play also examines unwitting abuse at home as opposed to institutional abuse in care homes etc.

 

Mrs C has been burged by a young lad of thirteen. Although she copes with the experence well and sees the young lad off with a flea in his ear, the invasion of er privacy hits her badly. She initially rejects support from her daughter but reluctantly agrees to go away for a few days, leaving her flat in the hands of hr next-door neighbour.

The young lad, on the other hand, is sorry for what he ha done. He was egged on by his mates and wanted to be part of a gan. Had he refused, he might well have been bullied. His mates even threatened to kill his dog - he loves his dog!

Entitled Ex Parte, the domestic violence issue play deals with the physical and mental abusemen inflict on the women they love. It is also a play about families and the effect domesic violence has on chidren. The play has been performed extensively to domestic violence forums and other domestic violence audiences.

Ex Parte: "A court order made in the absence of the alleged abuser."

An employee has just turned retirement age and her world suddenly collapses all around her. She has become a second-class citizen and work and she doesn't care for it. She storms into the HR manager's office and demands something to be done about her bout of ageism. She also has to deal with a young member of her staff who is complaining about the same thing.
 
 

Day Centres are important in supporting people in their own homes who might otherwise be in residential or nursing home care. A two-scene issue play, Day Centre features Patrick, a man in his 80's who lives on his own and is fiercely independent. His grand-daughter, Mary, tries to encourage him to attend a local day centre because she feels he's becoming too isolated, stuck within four walls with no social contact to speak of.

Initially Patrick is against the idea but once he tries out the day centre, he has a change of mind and wonders why he didn't attend the day centre sooner.

The play has been commissioned by Age Concern Hampshire and will be premiered at the Intec Planetorium, Winchester on 10th June '09. 

A short issue play. Bowel cancer is the third most common form of cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the country with 80% of cases occurring in people over sixty.

The play was commisioned by the Camden NHS and premiered at the London Irish Centre Health Day, 2nd April '09 starring Becky King and Jemima Hamilton.