Pensioners Tread the Boards in Dundee
Dundee Rep Creative Learning has been working with a group of local participants aged between 53 and 83 on this devised production.
Dundee Rep Creative Learning has been working with a group of local participants aged between 53 and 83 on a devised production. The Beautiful People is a production that takes inspiration from Studio 54, a New York club when at its peek in the 1970s only beautiful People got past the velvet ropes. The company have explored what beauty means to them by defining beauty through power, strength, resilience, hope and above all, love.
The Beautiful People will transform Dundee Rep’s Bonar Hall which comes to life with a pumping disco soundtrack. This high-energy show will share the authentic experience of the performers with the audience, through story and movement and best of all the audience will be invited to join the company on the dance floor. The show features two Deaf actors and is fully BSL integrated.
Dundee Rep Creative Learning aim to target the most isolated older people in our local community with the three years secured Rank Funding. Taking the project forward, the participants of The Beautiful People will take the lead and facilitate the next stage of the creative project. They will work closely with the local community, encouraging participation and creativity with the most vulnerable.
We've been speaking to actor Victor about his experience.