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Persephone Sextou

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University of New South Wales

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Persephone Sextou is a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Her research focuses on applied theater, pediatric healthcare, and the intersection of arts and wellbeing. Recent publications include investigations into performative storytelling with children, the benefits of arts-based interventions in medical settings, and the role of participatory theatre in addressing the challenges faced by young patients. She is actively engaged in promoting creative outcomes in both disabled and non-disabled communities through her interdisciplinary approach.

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GLOWING STARS. A DIGITAL ARTS / TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH: Improving the hospital experience of children going through MRIs using Augmented Reality, Avatar, and Gamification.

Open Date: 2023-09-01

Close Date: 2025-12-01

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The Connecting Hearts project: Empathy, care and Compassion

Open Date: 2023-07-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

Grant: Close

Rocketarts

Open Date: 2019-10-01

Close Date: 2022-10-01

Grant: Close

Rocketarts

Open Date: 2019-06-01

Close Date: 2022-06-01

Grant: Close

Rocketarts

Open Date: 2019-01-01

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Collaborators (6)

Lars Harald Maagerø

Lecturer in Performance Making and Analysis

Canterbury Christ Church University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Linda Lorenza

Senior Lecturer

Central Queensland University - Mackay Campus

AUSTRALIA

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Laura Gates

Reader in Theatre and Performance (from 2017) | Research & REF Lead, Performance (2013-2025) | Lecturer & Senior Lecturer (2011-2017)

Bath Spa University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Nina Michelle Worthington

Principal Research Fellow

Canterbury Christ Church University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Michael Balfour

Head of School

University of New South Wales

AUSTRALIA

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Lucy Bray

Academic, Professor in Child Health Literacy

Edge Hill University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Articles (13)

GLOWING STARS: improving the NHS hospital experience of children (aged 4–11) having an MRI scan using a digital app with augmented reality/avatar, and gamification

“Emotions Can Get Me Too”: Autoethnographic and Psychodynamic Perspectives on the Artist-Researcher’s Well-being in NHS Pediatrics

The Lexicon of Pain: Highlighting the Advantages of Applied Theater in Pediatrics through the Lens of Psychodynamic Therapy

Theatre, disability and wellbeing: addressing best practice and creative outcomes across disabled and non-disabled communities through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

A Robot who could not dance: Generating performative presence among performer, text, and audience through exploring and performing stories by children

Health through Arts: Connecting People & Communities, A Sidney De Haan Research CENTRE Webinar Series, Kent, UK, January–June 2022

Can arts-based interventions reduce children’s peri-operative anxiety in paediatrics? A discussion of representative studies

Future stories: co-designing virtual reality (VR) experiences with young people with a serious illness in hospital

Theatre in paediatrics: can participatory performance mitigate educational, emotional and social consequences of missing out school during hospitalisation?

Applied theatre, puppetry and emotional skills in healthcare: A cross-disciplinary pedagogical framework

Exploring methods of training the actor/puppeteer in healthcare: A Socratic dialogue

Broken Puppet Symposia

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Collaborators (6)

Lars Harald Maagerø

Linda Lorenza

Laura Gates

Nina Michelle Worthington

Michael Balfour

Lucy Bray

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