Older people who are cocooning are wanted for project
HAWK’S Well Cultural Companions was an initiative set up last year with the aim of providing increased opportunities for older people to engage with Sligo’s vibrant cultural and arts scene by setting up a network of people who would accompany each other to cultural events at the theatre.
The current closure of the theatre due to Covid 19 and the fact that the over seventies have been cocooning over the past few weeks has inspired the team at the theatre to revisit this project.
They are acutely aware that in these uncertain times, connecting with and supporting each other in new ways has become more important than ever before.
The Hawk’s Well team want to embrace connectivity with older people who are cocooning alone, while supporting local treasured artists at this difficult time.
In the new Come Together – The Cultural Companions Collective – they will pair five local artists with five older people (hosts) cocooning alone. Over the course of a month the paired artist and host will get to know each other through a series of conversations, after which the artist will write an original piece of work inspired by the host and their conversations together.
This new piece of work will be performed in the host’s own home to an invited audience in due course when such an interaction is allowable.
Are you an older person cocooning alone and interested in being part of this project?
Please contact Hawk’s Well Theatre by email on marketing@hawkswell.com to register your interest and find out more.
Please give the following details:
Name
• Address
• Contact number
• Have you been cocooning alone during the Covid-19 crisis?
• Have you access to a smartphone or computer?
• What type of events do you like attending at the Hawk’s Well? Theatre, music, dance, comedy?
• Please tell us the two of the favourite live performances you have attended at the Hawk’s Well or elsewhere and briefly describe what you loved about them?
• Can you confirm that you are in a position to commit to a weekly conversation in June/ July with a chosen artist and that in time, you will be willing to host a performance in your home for friends and family?