Manchester Camerata and Louise Wallwein MBE win Manchester Culture Award

Manchester Camerata and Louise Wallwein MBE win the Manchester Culture Award for Best Performance for Louise’s play HIDDEN

Louise says

“. It has been a huge privilege to serve the YOUNG ONSET DEMENTIA story and to work with people living with this condition and their carers and families who courageously told me the absolute truth of their lives and allowed me to make this work for them . I have for years worked with many people across Greater Manchester, listening and translating their stories. It led me to tap dance at the Royal Northern College of Music , not a sentence I ever thought I would write in my lifetime. It led to this wonderful play that can now go and educate the world about this life altering condition. THANKYOU Manchester Camerata and the WellcomeTrust for funding and supporting the kind of socially engaged work that I make.

Thank you to the NHS staff Dr Matt Jones for the time spent in conversation with me. The Manchester School of Nursing , University of Manchester Helen Pusey, Tommy Dickenson for being informative champions of this work. .

Congratulations to my company including Dramaturg and Director Susan. Roberts l company of musicians Jaydev Mistry Andrea Vogler Heather Bills, Svetlana Mochalova who shared this four year journey with me. Actors Susan Aderin, Alex Mathie, Danielle Henry, Robin Lyons, Deb McAndrew, . Producer Chris Wright. Assistant Producer/ASM Jacqui Barnes. Stage Managers Caitlin Chatfield. Clare Heath

Special thanks to Lucy Geddes Nick Ponsillo and Simon Parry of University of Manchester for employing me four years ago where the hidden journey began at the Victoria Park Day care centre with Jana Kennedy, Andrea Vogler who we had loads of fun with making a musical with a fabulous Group of people. Margaret, Robbie, Harry Leo Keith the two Joys and many more people and audiences from Greater Manchester In Tameside, Salford, Old Trafford, Wigan, Oldham , Rochdale, Hulme at Zarts Thank you to the Lord Mayor for presenting us with our trophy and to the judges for selecting us, Cllr Luthfur Rahman for valuing so deeply the vital role of arts in our communities. “

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