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reminiscence theatre projects Since 2010, I have had the pleasure
of working on two Reminiscence
Theatre projects with a group of
about 10 seniors from Jurong Spring
Community Club. I will call them
‘seniors’ as this is the term most
widely-used in Singapore. When
the ?rst project began, the youngest
participant was 51 and the oldest
was 71. The projects were
theme-focused and the ideas,
memories generated revolved
around the themes.
The ?rst project, Our Show (???
?), revolved around memories of
childhood and the second project,
Letters to Aunty Worry (?????
???), was based on memories
of love. The two projects lasted
between six to nine months and the
group of seniors remained largely
the same over