Audiences
Who is Critical Care For?
Theatre-goers interested in socially relevant, contemporary work
Healthcare professionals — particularly nurses and ICU teams
University departments — nursing, medical humanities, drama, or social care
Working-class, regional, and female-identifying audiences
Audiences affected by or reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic
Practitioners and advocates of arts in health and wellbeing
Audiences engaged in trauma-informed or community-based storytelling
Policy-makers and healthcare leaders — using theatre as a reflective and discursive tool
Drama and theatre students — interested in research-based and ethically engaged playwriting
Key Themes in Critical Care
Death
Thoughts of suicide
Isolation
Loneliness
Pandemic
Audience Engagement
Post-Show Q&A Session:
Featuring local hospital and nursing staff
Opportunity for hospitals to display COVID-19-related artwork or staff wellbeing resources in the venue
Wellbeing-Focused Activities:
Reflective space for audiences to share or record their pandemic experiences.
Trauma-informed reflective activities for audiences
Workshop delivered for student nurses using forum theatre techniques to focus on wellbeing issues highlighted through the play
Delivered online or in-theatre, before or after performances
Artist / Researcher Development Activities:
Workshops focusing on playwriting about lived experience
Playwriting as a research method seminar/workshop
Accessibility and Inclusion:
Subsidised or funded tickets for nurses
Potential travel support
Funding is being sought from Nursing, Arts & Health, and NHS-related charities to cover ticket costs and the writer’s facilitation of wellbeing activities