Theatrical engagement with dementia

A new operatic production, the Lion’s Face, which has just premiered at Brighton festival, is a rare theatrical engagement with Alzheimer’s.

The ageing population, its illnesses, and what the hell we are going to do about them have been recurrent questions in the run-up to the general election, and something the creative world is having to face up to, too.

With the number of Alzheimer’s sufferers in Britain projected to pass the one million mark by 2025 and still no cure, dementia in particular is a subject just as ripe for the creative imagination as immigration or the war in Iraq.

An indepth report is available on the Guardian website.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2010/may/24/alzheimers-theatre-lions-face