A play created by seniors and youth about sexuality
›› Leah Tidey & Alexandra Haupt
Have you ever talked to your grandma about sex? Or wanted to ask advice of the Love Doctor? The play You’re Doing What? At Your Age?! is your opportunity to get it on.
This play is a collaborative theatre performance about sexuality created by seniors from Victoria Target Theatre Society and Victoria High School students. With weekly rehearsals at Vic High, You’re Doing What? At Your Age?! is the first of its kind as an intergenerational community theatre project. In collaboration with Target Theatre, a seniors’ theatre company that creates original performances addressing seniors-based issues, and federally funded by the New Horizons for Seniors Program Grant, this project is part of Applied Theatre Practitioner, Leah Tidey’s, PhD research at the University of Victoria.
Over three months, senior and youth collaborators have explored ageism and the social stigma surrounding sexuality to create an original play and follow-up workshop. In collaboration with Kim Sholinder, drama teacher at Vic High, and Alexandra Haupt, UVic Honours Student and Project Assistant, the emphasis of this project is community-building and addressing social justice issues.
Working with an intergenerational group to address stigma about sexuality across the lifespan offers an opportunity to hear from those who are often left out of the conversation. Our aim is to bring decision-makers to our performance to start this important discussion. A unique component of the evening is the follow-up workshop that will allow audiences to interact with performers, explore themes of the play, and discuss their reactions to the performance. For more info, contact Leah Tidey at ltidey@uvic.ca.
Please join us for our public performance:
What: You’re Doing What? At Your Age?!
When: Monday, December 10th at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm)
Where: Victoria High School Auditorium
Cost: Free admission (& free condoms!)
