Publications

As of 2021 Georgia Bowers has begun to publish essays for a range of major peer-reviewed academic journals and edited volumes, which will be formally released in 2024/2025. 

Current publications are listed below:

Articles:

'Wellness, Community, and Aging: Refocused and Renewed' in Theatre Topics, 2024.  https://doi.org/10.1353/tt.2024.a920476 

'Invading Capitalist Ageism in Applied Theatre through Anti-Ageism Praxis'  Performance Research , 2024 https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2023.2272511 

‘How COVID-19 & UK Government Policy Shaped the New World of Applied Theatre in British Care Homes’  in Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 2022. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2022.2052831

'Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz: Reflections on being a care worker from the car park', Care Talk Magazine, 2021. https://www.caretalk.co.uk/reflections-on-being-a-care-home-worker-from-the-car-park/

Blog Posts:

'Why housing for LGBTQ+ people later in life matters', The Housing Learning and Improvement Network, 2024, https://www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Why-housing-for-LGBTQ-people-later-in-life-matters/ 

Book Review:

Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing, Youth Theatre Journal, 2020, 34:2, 172-173, DOI: 10.1080/08929092.2020.18611503

Since 2021 Georgia has had the pleasure of sharing her research and experiences of working creatively with adults aged 65+ at both UK based and International conferences. 

Please see below a brief selection of conferences that Georgia has presented at:

“The B Team: An Examination of the Borders that exist between Applied Theatre Practices and Mainstream Theatre”, presented at Theatre and Performance Research Association Conference, Leeds, UK, August 2023

“The Long Table: Provocations on How to Rebuild When Care Fails”, presented at Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Austin, USA, August 2023

“Wellness & Community Open Space Forum”, presented at Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Austin, USA, August 2023

“Remembering the Good Old Days: Reminiscence Theatre, Power and Anti-Ageism Pedagogy” presented at Theatre and Performance Research Association Conference, Essex, UK, September 2022.

“Past It!: Applied Theatre, Shame Resilience and Older Adults”, presented at Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Detroit, USA, July 2022.

“Applied Theatre, COVID-19 and British Care Homes”. Paper included as part of the “Applied Theatre, Performance and Policy: A complex and perplexing relationship” panel presented at The 10th International Drama in Education Research Institute Conference, Warrick, UK, July 2022.

“There’s No Going Back: Moving on from Reminiscence Theatre and Mobilising Anti-Ageism Pedagogy” presented at University of Portsmouth Creative Cultural Industry’s Postgraduate Students’ Conference, Portsmouth, UK, June 2022.

“Intergenerational Theatre, Ageism and Shame Resilience” presented at Children, Youth and Performance Conference, Canada, June 2022

“Applied Theatre, Shame Resilience and Creative Ageing” presented at Theatre and Performance Research Association Conference, UK, September 2021.

“Reshaping Applied Theatre in relation to the impact of COVID-19, Policy and British Care Homes” presented at Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference 2021, USA, July 2021. 

“The new world of Applied Theatre in British Care Homes: An insight into the reshaping of Applied Theatre in relation to the impact of COVID-19, UK Government Policy and British Care Homes” presented at Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference, June 2021.

“Little Old Ladies & Grumpy Old Men: Applied Theatre as an intervention towards combating shame, myths and conspiracies around ageing” presented at Theatre and Performance Research Association Online Postgraduate Symposium, UK, June 2021.