Health Drama Productions Transforming health through drama

Health Drama Productions is a new company which specialises in the innovative approach of using drama to promote bilingual health messages to the South Asian communities. Serious health messages are  delivered in an entertaining, informative and memorable way as the scenarios incorporate humour, music and dance, Bollywood style. The performances are performed in Panjabi and Urdu and showcased in local community venues. Our work encompasses community development principles. We work with local people who are not only keen to develop their acting skills but they also subsequently become champions in raising the awareness about health.  Our work is facilitated by a very well established Artistic Director, Dominic Rai who has a wealth of experience in theatre in health productions.The benefits of arts and drama within the health sector are well recognised by the Department of Health.  At Health Drama Productions, we believe that our approach has the following benefits:

• An increase in the knowledge about specific diseases, the risk factors and the signs and symptoms, and the complications of the disease
• The linkages between lifestyle and the onset of diseases
• Empowering people to take control of their condition by encouraging self care
• An increase in self confidence and that people are not apprehensive about asking questions about their condition to the health practitioner.

Health Drama Productions also undertake bespoke health related projects such as health promotion, consultation work in relation to service delivery, facilitating health events, undertaking focus groups and workshops, delivering health educations sessions such as heart health, healthy eating and diabetes awareness and education in Urdu and Panjabi.