‘Never Ending Story and Forgotten Futures: moving beyond decline/renewal binaries in dementia care’ [note to AD - waiting for the post-print from Niamh then apply 18 month embargo]

‘Dis-identifications from dominant models of subject-formation can be productive and creative’ (Braidotti 2013, 167). This problematises applied theatre practices informed by received understandings of dementia, and their implications for memory and identity. Forgotten Futures (2017) and Never-Ending Story (2016-ongoing) refuse those understandings, emphasising future-focused, relational well-being for people living with dementia