"A lively and highly accessible resource for both theatre practitioners interested in the aesthetic possibilities of ageing and gerontologists who are interested in creative and cultural responses to ageing. . . . Its emphasis on the relationship between dramatic representations of ageing and the cultural narrative of decline makes it an incredibly valuable contribution to both performance studies and cultural gerontology. As a practitioner-researcher who works in dementia care settings, the book has broadened my thinking about the possibilities of theatre for representing dementia in different ways. I have no doubt that it will also be an extremely valuable book for other students and practitioners who are making theatre with and about older people."