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. 

Day Centre cast list

Russell Kennedy (Grandfather) After too many years working in the City of London, Russell finally gave up his “Proper“ job to follow his heart while he still had one. Russell trained as an actor at Arts Ed and has worked consistently since graduating in 1996. Theatre roles include Antigonus, The Winters Tale, Reverend Collins,Jane Austen - An Elegant Portrayal, Prospero,The Tempest Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Archbishop Winchester, Life of Edward II of England (Brecht), Abenazer, Aladdin, Friar Laurence, Romeo & Juliet and the demon hitman Asasello, The Master & Margarita, to name but a few. His one man show, An Evening of Charles Dickens Ghost stories was a sell out hit in Buxton. Most recently Russell played the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Regent Centre in Christchurch. As well as directing several projects for the OK Theatre Co., and Croft in it’s many incarnations, Russell has also written and produced three plays, Trying Times, The Great Giant Rat Conspiracy and The Trials of Henry Pillbeam.

Lisa Sheerin (Granddaughter)trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts graduating in 2007 with a 3yr diploma in Acting July 2008 – Alex- lead role in Richard Zadjlics Dogs Barking at the Toronto and Edinburgh Festivals, directed by Michael Moxham. August 2008-Victim,Polis, Amber in Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy at the Edinburgh Festival directed by Maddy Lewis and Stephan Georgiou. November 2008 Various character roles in Theatre Grand Slam directed by Zia Trench January 2009 - London Irish Theatre-Words into Action, directed by John Dunne. 

Both Russell and Lisa recently appeared in John's play Famine at the Old Red Lion, London (May 09)