The Palace Theatre Cinema kicks off Dementia Awareness Week

February 29, 2016 by Joanna Harrison

The Palace Theatre Cinema kicks off Dementia Awareness Week

Following the huge success of The Palace Theatre’s previous Dementia Friendly Cinema events in 2015, the next event has been confirmed for Sunday 15 May 2016 when the Palace Theatre Cinema will be showing Mary Poppins as the first event in Southend’s Dementia Awareness week.

The film screenings are dementia friendly events and although are not exclusively for people with dementia, they are particularly suitable for people affected by dementia, their partners, family members and people who care for them professionally. Everyone is welcome but talking or singing during the film, moving around and leaving the cinema is perfectly acceptable.

All staff have attended ‘Dementia Friends’ information sessions and are on hand to help out with any needs that the audience may have. There is a pianist in the foyer an hour before the film starts as well as the opportunity to sit and have a hot drink and a slice of cake.

When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents.

Featuring Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Let’s Go Fly A Kite, this film is the perfect Sunday afternoon treat.

The event will be on Sunday 15 May at 2pm at The Palace Theatre.

To find out more information contact kellyr@southendtheatres.org.uk