Pandemic and Beyond Episode 11: Heartbeat: Flute Theatre, People's Palace Projects and La Plaza Theatre, Peru on making theatre with neurodiverse participants
Description
How has theatre transformed the lives of families living with neurodiverse children during and beyond lockdown? In this podcast, Paul Heritage (People’s Palace Projects), Kelly Hunter MBE and Joshua Welch (Flute Theatre), Alexandra Ajauro Alvarez (People’s Palace Projects and La Plaza Theatre, Peru) and Lisha Rooney, the mother of a neurodiverse 10-year-old, talk to Pascale Aebischer about how they used the ‘Heartbeat’ method on Zoom to bring some joy, connection and structure into the households of locked-down families in dire need of support.
Find out more about their work here and here; a documentary about the Heartbeat project with La Plaza Theatre can be found here. You can read more about Lisha and her son Lumen’s work with Flute Theatre here.
To support Flute Theatre’s current work with neurodiverse individuals, contribute to their fundraiser here.
You can find out more about the project and listen to our other podcast episodes at www.pandemicandbeyond.exeter.ac.uk.
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