Plays
Films
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Plays

Az2B Theatre Company specialises in creating innovative, impactful theatre for Arts in Health, Education & Training. 
Our plays are innovative training tools which engage on an emotional level which in turn impacts long term learning & change.

Audiences have included:

  • Primary Schools
  • Secondary Schools
  • Colleges
  • Universities
  • Medical Schools and Training
  • Establishments
  • GPs
  • Dementia Services
  • Councils
  • Health, Social & Childcare Services
  • Care Agencies
  • Support Services.
  • Primary Care Trusts & CCG’s
  • Healthcare NHS Foundation Trusts
  • Professional bodies within the field of dementia.
  • Development & training agencies
  • Families, Carers and people with dementia
  • Memory Cafes and other Networks
  • Dementia Friendly Town Initiatives
  • Hospices
  • Care Homes & Nursing Homes
  • Museums with Outreach Community Work
  • Clergy
  • General Public
  • MP’s and representatives from the House of Lords

If you are interested in making a booking, please contact us via email az2btheatrecompany@gmail.com or mobile 07931b667356

Arts in Health,
Education & Training

Films

We are delighted to announce that with Arts Council support, we can now offer the following films:

Grandma Remember Me? and What do you see? 
The filming was done in association with The Valerie Foundation which supports people whose lives have been affected by dementia. For more information about the Valerie Foundation visit their website tvfhcfdementia.com or contact  leepearse@hotmail.co.uk 

Grandma on the Moon
The filming was done by Leon Lockley Video production services based in Sheffield, Leon also the camera man for our dementia films and has a Look-a-like character based on him in Wishes Fulfilled! 
 
 
In 2025 we are aiming to film Wishes Fulfilled, completing the Dementia Trilogy. 

Watch this space! 
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Pictures from the film set

Our films

We are beginning to extend our digital profile and are currently able to offer the following films;

Grandma Remember Me?

(2.40mins)
Grandma Remember Me? is written from the perspective of a young child. Lilly whose grandma develops Alzheimer’s. It explores their changing relationship from Lilly’s initial recognition that there is something wrong with her grandma, through the unfolding challenges and final acceptance and understanding of the disease. It explores the wider impact on family, the need for support and understanding within our communities and the importance of memories and relationships within our lives and how to keep and treasure them. “It is a piece of high quality theatre, very powerful, realistic and deeply moving.
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What do you see?

(2.40 mins)
What Do You See? looks at the later stages of dementia, exploring issues around care homes, leadership, staff motivation and the importance of life histories. It also challenges taboos around death. The play follows the next stage of dementia, exploring issues around care homes and end of life palliative care. It looks at the importance of life histories within person centred care, challenges taboos around death and shows the possibility of choice and the empowerment advance care planning brings. It takes good leadership to impact change, and as important as it is to create a positive environment and culture of care for residents, it is equally important to create an environment that staff want to work in.
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I still feel guilty

(25mins)
An honest look at the feelings of guilt felt by a carer. Joan Marshall looked after her husband Tom for 5 years before having to put him in a Care Home. He died 9 months later just before the COVID 19 lockdown. In this film, Joan offers an honest insight into her life, hoping to connect with other carers experiencing similar feelings.

Joan ends the film saying “I’m learning to let these feelings go. Sometimes I got it right, sometimes I got it wrong, but I’m only human. I did the best I could and you can’t ask for more than that. Carers are the unsung heroes in this world. Give yourself a break, you’re amazing and stronger than you know.” 
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Forum Theatre

"I will feel better able to encourage this in the people
I meet facing challenges and
adapting to a diagnosis of dementia.”

An interactive training workshop

Forum theatre combines both performance and audience engagement.
We develop bespoke scripts around identified need and through an interactive process, engage the audience to find positive solutions.

Forum pieces have included:

  • The impact of dementia within faith
  • Dementia in a ward setting
  • Challenges faced by hospitals
  • Advocacy within dementia
  • Challenges faced by carers

An external facilitator manages the process and humour is often used to break down barriers. It is a powerful training tool which impacts long term change.

If you are interested in having a bespoke event, please contact us via email az2btheatrecompany@gmail.com or mobile 07931 667356

Workshops

“The workshop was great – eye opening.
It will make me think more about my people’s backgrounds.”

Az2B offers a variety of bespoke workshops to support
Arts in Health, Education & Training.

In December 2019 Az2B ran workshops for REACH Cornwall as part of a full days training around dementia.

REACH Cornwall is an initiative for the social care and health sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.  The project, officially titled the Excellence in Health and Care Skills Group, is part-funded by the European Social Fund and delivered by Truro and Penwith College.  As an employer-led forum, REACH Cornwall offers those working across the sector the opportunity to:

  • network
  • work collaboratively to identify skills shortages and develop tailored training packages
  • discuss wider issues (e.g. recruitment and retention) and possible solutions, and ultimately
  • Raise Excellence and Aspiration in Care and Health