Company History




Highslide JS MemoryBank

Exploring ways of supporting individuality throughout the dementia journey. A reminiscence album was created charting the life of “Connie” through photos and personal memories, providing a template of a way to improve contact between carer and client 2012-2013 Link to page


A Weekend Away
Eastbourne in the 1950s and 1960s: an intergenerational creative reminiscence project culminating in performances with photographic exhibition at The Hydro Hotel and The Redoubt Fortress, 2008-2010 Link to page


Froffy Café at the Pam Dor

A series of reminiscence sessions and performance in which locals remembered how it was for them in the Hastings coffee bar culture of the 1960s, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery 2009.

Shared Stage
Free Training for the over 50s in East Sussex: Five Creative Writing Workshops in Lewes, Hastings, Eastbourne, Uckfield, Bexhill culminating in a celebration of work achieved at the De La Warr Pavilion 2009 -2010


Hastings 1964: The Mods & the Rockers

Recollections of people living in Hastings in 1964, culminating in a performance of people’s memories, We Were There! - Hastings Museum and Art Gallery 2007


Saving Memories

A celebratory performance marking the end of the Voices From the Past project – De la Warr Pavilion Bexhill 2007

Voices from the Past
Rother 1930-1960 – Five Creative Reminiscence projects in rural Rother: group sessions, performances, booklets and dvds -2006-2007
Sticky Stories – Battle Link to page
Cold meat, Soapsuds and Croquet – Peasmarsh
Branchlines – Bexhill
Westfield Whimsicals – Westfield
The Village Store – Etchingham

Creative Reminiscence
An introductory training session for those working with older people, held at Peasmarsh Place, February 2006

Creative Reminiscence
Group sessions for older people, sharing memories and creating performances based on their individual stories:
Peeling Apples
William Daly Centre, Polegate 2003
Blue Moon
Hampton House Sheltered Housing, Hailsham 2004
Wordly Goods
WRVS, St Leonards-on-Sea 2005
A Season for Marbles
WRVS, Eastbourne – performance to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day, Eastbourne Bandstand August 2005

Boxes Workshop
For Carers at the Hospice in the Weald, September 2003

Boxes Workshop
10 sessions offered to Day Care Centres for people with mental health issues Jan - March 2003

Boxes Workshop (2)
Held in Day Care at Tinkers Hatch Residential Care Home, Heathfield, for people with learning disabilities April/May 2002

Boxes Workshop
Open to all residents of Wealden District, held at Stone Cross Memorial Hall, March 2002

Boxes Workshop
Creative exploration on the theme of Boxes using voice, art-work, play, and writing, open to all residents of the Hastings area, held at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, January 2002

Looking
A performance and workshop about the way we see things, presented to 10 Day Care centres in E Sussex (elderly, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health) December 2001

Second Thoughts
Performed in Catsfield Village Hall October 2001

How to Write and Perform a Monologue
A workshop open to all at St St. Mary-in-the-Castle, March 2001

Second Thoughts
A series of original, themed monologues performed by local non-professionals at St. Mary-in-the-Castle Hastings 2001

Catchtime
A performance about the nature of time, presented to 12 Day Care Centres (elderly, learning disabilities) in East Sussex, November-December 2000




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22.9.2013

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