LIFI25: Vicky McClure’s Our Dementia Choir
18 Oct 2025
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Tickets£15.00
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VenueQuarry
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Running time90 mins
Finding hope in creativity – music is medicine
Nearly a million people–and rising–live with dementia in the UK. BAFTA-winning actor Vicky McClure MBE shares the moving story behind Our Dementia Choir and how music is medicine – bringing joy, connection, and a voice to people living with the condition. Joined by Leeds Playhouse’s Dr Nicky Taylor, a pioneer in accessible theatre and an advocate in how the arts can offer hope in life with dementia, this talk culminates in a heartfelt live performance by the documentary-famed choir.
People living with dementia and their families and friends are warmly welcomed to attend. The event includes a mix of conversation and music, with a comfort break included in the schedule. We are a dementia friendly theatre, with experienced, dementia-aware staff and volunteers ready to support your visit.
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Priority booking is available for users with a Playhouse Pass, Priority Access, Supporters’ Club or Under 30s membership from 19 Jun 25 at 1pm. General booking will open on 24 Jun 25 at 12:30pm.
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Who's who?
Vicky McClure MBE
Host
Our Dementia Choir
Dr Nicky Taylor
BIOGRAPHIES
BAFTA-winning actor Vicky McClure MBE is best known for her roles in Line of Duty, Trigger Point, Insomnia, and This is England. Alongside producing and writing, Vicky fronted Our Dementia Choir after her late grandmother’s diagnosis and led two celebrated BBC documentaries about dementia and the power of music.
Our Dementia Choir, led by BAFTA-winning actor Vicky McClure MBE in a 2018 BBC documentary, showed the powerful impact of music on those living with dementia. Now a registered charity, the Nottingham-based choir has performed for thousands, appeared on major UK and US shows, and contributed to ground-breaking research on music’s benefits for dementia.
Dr Nicky Taylor is a Leeds Beckett University Research Fellow in the Centre for Dementia Research and Senior Atlantic Fellow with the Global Brain Health Institute. Nicky’s award-winning work champions co-production and arts/science integration, leading a pioneering Leeds Playhouse theatre programme that challenges stigma and empowers people living with dementia.
