Beyond Caring, a powerful new play by Christina Castling that takes a frank, humorous and heart breaking look at life behind the doors of a care home, will be touring the North East of England this Autumn. Based on interviews with residents, relatives and staff, the play, co-produced by Gala Durham and Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, uncovers the reality of caring for others, looking after ourselves and getting older.
Audiences are being invited to meet Queenie, Elaine and Alex, resident, relative and carer at Cedar Point Care Home - a place where the corridors roar with laughter and ache with sadness and where outrageous antics mingle with tough conversations.
Care home resident Queenie, played by Judi Earl, is staging a protest because she wants to have a tab and can’t have one without being supervised. Elaine, whose mum is busy deciding whether she wants to go into a care home, will be played by Jacqueline Phillips, and Alex, a carer working in the care home, will be brought to life by Rosie Stancliffe.
A Gala Durham & Queen’s Hall Arts Centre co-production
Beyond Caring by Christina Castling, Directed by Jonluke McKie, Design by Ellie Light.
Suitable for 12+ years
Duration, approx. 1hr 15mins, no interval.
“Older people, they’re still people. Like you and me. Just a bit, well, baggier around the edges.”
Audiences are being invited to meet Queenie, Elaine and Alex, resident, relative and carer at Cedar Point Care Home - a place where the corridors roar with laughter and ache with sadness and where outrageous antics mingle with tough conversations.
Care home resident Queenie, played by Judi Earl, is staging a protest because she wants to have a tab and can’t have one without being supervised. Elaine, whose mum is busy deciding whether she wants to go into a care home, will be played by Jacqueline Phillips, and Alex, a carer working in the care home, will be brought to life by Rosie Stancliffe.
A Gala Durham & Queen’s Hall Arts Centre co-production
Beyond Caring by Christina Castling, Directed by Jonluke McKie, Design by Ellie Light.
Suitable for 12+ years
Duration, approx. 1hr 15mins, no interval.
“Older people, they’re still people. Like you and me. Just a bit, well, baggier around the edges.”
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