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I deeply enjoy facilitating creative writing workshops at Richard House Hospice. Richard House Hospice is the oldest children's hospice in East London.
This Sunday, September 29, I worked with brothers and sisters of children with terminal illnesses to create their own stories about heroes and heroines. Each participant wrote and read aloud a fantastically imaginative and unique story.
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On Tuesday September 26th, as part of London Playback Theatre, I performed at the Narrative Practitioners Forum at the Interfaith Centre in North London.
The Narrative Practitioners Forum hosts a series of workshops under the umbrella - Stories that Heal, Stories that Harm, and is a joint collaboration between St Ethelburgas and The Forgiveness Project. The Narrative Practitioners Forum meets six times a year and aims to bring together people working with personal narrative or story, to share their practices and learn from one another. London Playback Theatre performed the stories of members of the audience about meaningful experiences in the natural world. Cultivating a sense of reverence for nature was the red thread that wove through the evening of stories. It was a wonderfully life-arrifming and moving event. Playback Theatre is a form of theatre that spontaneously enacts personal stories in front of a live audience. I am very pleased to be on the small team of oral history interviewers for the Bethnal Green Memorial Project, which is recording the experiences and memories of people who were involved in the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster during World War Two, on 3rd March 1943. The project is exploring the history of the disaster through the personal accounts of survivors, members of rescue parties, family members of victims, as well as people involved with the creation of the new memorial at Bethnal Green tube station.
To educate and inform the wider public about the disaster and its impact on the East End, a range of educational materials will be produced, such as a schools pack for teachers, a travelling exhibition, audio guides and an information booklet, in addition to creating an archive for future generations. This project is being carried out by the University of East London, in association with the Raphael Samuel History Centre. |
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