Unforgettable:
Telling the Care Home Story
A play set in a care home during the COVID-19 pandemic that puts the experiences of staff and care home residents centre stage. Performing at the House of Commons on 13 June 2023. News story here
Beneath the white coat
Looking at how healthcare professionals handled their own feelings of stress and trauma during the pandemic
Don’t leave me now
A story about the impact of early onset dementia on the lives of two very different families
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Pluto Productions on tour - left to right – Ann Paul, CEO; Brian Daniels, Artistic Director and senior playwright; Dr Helen Findlay, Trustee; Sophie Turner, Programming Director and Shwan Rashid, Technical Assistant
Discussions after the performance in Utrecht with the Pluto Productions performers on stage
Utrecht Forum: https://internationalforum.bmj.com/utrecht/
Pluto Productions in Utrecht
The Fighting For Life play was performed at the recent International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The Forum was organised by the BMJ Group Ltd. The play highlights the difficulties that can face older people when they are moving towards the end of their lives and have challenging health conditions.
“It was a real pleasure and thrill for us to perform “Fighting For Life” at this prestigious international event,” said Ann Paul, CEO, Pluto Productions. “We were very pleased to show just how difficult it can be for older people to get the help and support they need at such a challenging time and the difficulties that families can encounter when trying to support them. The response from those attending the performance was heart-warming and the discussion afterwards indicated how there much there is in common between different countries on the issues presented.”
Pluto Productions
Pluto Productions was founded by Brian Daniels and the late Andrew Connolly in 1997 to run the famous New End Theatre in New End, Hampstead, North London. Between 1997 and 2011, the company produced more than 200 new plays and musicals as well as literary events with established writers.
Since 2011, the company has largely produced plays inspired by true stories. Contemporary and complex issues covering health and social care, life-limiting illness, dementia, and family relationships are explored in a compassionate and understanding way.
The plays are commissioned, hosted, and performed at NHS sites, hospitals, hospices, community centres, national theatres and at conferences and used for education and training purposes.
This website provides details of the plays in the production company’s portfolio as well as new plays coming down the tracks. It also explains how to become a host of a play performance and how to commission the writing of a new play
Where’s your Mama gone?
Based on the experiences of two children whose mother fell victim to a serial killer…
