Theatre for Change Pilot Program Evaluation

The program is a joint initiative of the State Theatre Company of South Australia, veterans and emergency services charity Military and Emergency Services Health Australia (MESHA-formerly The Road Home, a charity of the Hospital Research Foundation), and the Office for Ageing Well, and is the first program of its kind in South Australia that has partnered with a professional theatre company.

The primary goal of the TFC program is for participants to have fun, increase social connections and enjoy learning more about the theatre and themselves. Thus, the program provides a creative outlet that gives participants an opportunity to express themselves in alternative ways when they might find communicating difficult, explore different personas and modes of behaviour, reduce isolation, increase social networks, and improve self-esteem opportunity to explore theatrical pathways.