Alder Hey celebrates creative collaboration with Shakespeare North
Since the start of January, Alder Hey Children’s Charity have been proud to support Alder Hey Arts for Health’s partnership with Shakespeare North Playhouse, as the ‘Hop Shakespeare’ project brought fun, informative and entertaining workshops to children and young people at Alder Hey.
The project has seen a flurry of positive feedback from children and families right across Alder Hey, with one young person saying: “I thought it was a really fun distraction and gave me something new to learn. I’ve never had the chance to do this before and I enjoyed it a lot”. The project also received glowing reviews from parents whose children were able to experience the sessions, with one parent saying: “Just brilliant! Very talented, creative, engaging and fun. This session was totally T’s thing as they already attend a music academy. Thank you so much for this incredible experience.”
Shakespeare North Playhouse is a unique Shakespearean theatre which since 2021 has been aiming to bring people together to participate in a unique programme of performance, activities and conversations, inspired by Shakespeare and relevant to all. Through the ‘Hop Shakespeare’ project, Alder Hey has been able to work with a variety of artists and performers within Shakespeare North to bring activities such as rapping, beatboxing, graffiti art, spoken word and DJing to the wards and departments of Alder Hey, making sure across the hospital gain access to this vital project and experience what it has to offer.
Lindsay Worvell, Senior Teacher based on Ward 4B, said:
“The Shakespeare North project has been a success with patients and staff alike! The different practitioners have worked alone and have partnered up with others to offer a wide ranging and interesting project, which has managed to reach all ages and learning needs. This is not an easy thing to achieve. On the wards, although the young people were unable to leave their rooms, we received great feedback from the wards/patients and families. It's wonderful to have a project where there is not necessarily an expectation from the audience but just listening and being there is enough. All in all, a brilliant project with some shining moments of joy from children and staff.”
Thanks to the team at Shakespeare North for helping to provide children and young people at Alder Hey with unique, exciting and meaningful sessions which they will take with them throughout the recovery and recuperation. We would like to thank all our amazing donors and supporters whose generosity allows us to fund these amazing Arts for Health projects that make a difference for so many. Thank you for helping us to create brighter futures!
