Theatre for Children in Hospital: The Gift of Compassion

Author:   Persephone Sextou (Birmingham Newman University, UK)
Publisher:   Intellect
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Pages:   205
Publication Date:   15 December 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Persephone Sextou (Birmingham Newman University, UK)
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781783206452


ISBN 10:   1783206454
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   15 December 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword Prologue Introduction Motivation and beliefs Arts and health The structure of the book Chapter One: A TCH definition and more… Applied theatre in hospitals Theatre as an ‘antidote’ to clinical stress A playful ‘marriage’ of two cultures, the artistic with the clinical in audience participation The artist–child synergistic relationship Ethical concerns TCH and therapy Chapter Two: The distinctive features of TCH practice and research Background information of the study Understanding the clinical context The study: Methodology Findings and discussion: TCH practice comes alive! Chapter Three: TCH as a choice: ‘I want to make a difference!’ A philosophical approach to TCH Aristotle Heraclitus My philosophy Chapter Four: Concluding thoughts Summary The future of TCH Appendices Appendix One: Breathing with Love, the script Appendix Two: The shape of our bedside theatre rehearsals  Appendix Three: Writing a TCH proposal plan (bid) Appendix Four: Example of application letter Appendix Five: Guidance for applying for NHS Research Ethics Committee approval (for researchers only) Note on the author Bibliography Index

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'Persephone Sextou comprehensively frames Theatre for Children in Hospital (TCH) as a bedside and interactive theatre approach concerned with reframing illness and the identity of children in hospital, and argues that TCH offers children the possibility to have a positive experience in an environment that can otherwise be daunting. The author shares her expertise as a practitioner and a researcher working with TCH in NHS hospitals in the UK, thereby crafting an in-depth analysis both from within the process (as a theatre-maker) and from the margins of the process (as a scholar outside the medical field). The book is written from an artistic and philosophical perspective, placing compassion at the heart of TCH artists’ work with children. This also means that readers in healthcare may find themselves frustrated with the idea of having to negotiate who is more altruistic, the artist or the healthcare professional; and which is more compassionate, the “hard data” or the qualitative research?'  -- Ligia Batista Silverman, Medical Humanities Journal '[I]n Theatre for Children in Hospital Sextou describes a range of institutions (medical and educational) and individuals transformed by the use of theatre in healthcare. Her book takes its title from a particular genre, Theatre for Children in Hospital (TCH), and one of its unique forms: a site-specific bedside performance that addresses a pediatric patient’s immediate needs, as improvised by a skilled and empathetic performer based on a rehearsed script that anticipates the interactions and anxieties common to being in the hospital (38–41,11). '  -- Jules Odendahl-James, Theatre Journal


'[I]n Theatre for Children in Hospital Sextou describes a range of institutions (medical and educational) and individuals transformed by the use of theatre in healthcare. Her book takes its title from a particular genre, Theatre for Children in Hospital (TCH), and one of its unique forms: a site-specific bedside performance that addresses a pediatric patient's immediate needs, as improvised by a skilled and empathetic performer based on a rehearsed script that anticipates the interactions and anxieties common to being in the hospital (38-41,11). ' -- Jules Odendahl-James, Theatre Journal 'Persephone Sextou comprehensively frames Theatre for Children in Hospital (TCH) as a bedside and interactive theatre approach concerned with reframing illness and the identity of children in hospital, and argues that TCH offers children the possibility to have a positive experience in an environment that can otherwise be daunting. The author shares her expertise as a practitioner and a researcher working with TCH in NHS hospitals in the UK, thereby crafting an in-depth analysis both from within the process (as a theatre-maker) and from the margins of the process (as a scholar outside the medical field). The book is written from an artistic and philosophical perspective, placing compassion at the heart of TCH artists' work with children. This also means that readers in healthcare may find themselves frustrated with the idea of having to negotiate who is more altruistic, the artist or the healthcare professional; and which is more compassionate, the hard data or the qualitative research?' -- Ligia Batista Silverman, Medical Humanities Journal


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Persephone Sextou is a reader in Applied Theatre and research director of the Community and Applied Drama Laboratory(CADLab) at Newman University, Birmingham, UK.

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