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Chichester Festival Theatre appoints creative therapist to support youth groups

The newly created role ‘acknowledges the challenges young people, in particular, are facing today’, says Dale Rooks, director of learning, education and participation.
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Chichester Festival Theatre's role of 'creative therapist' has been labelled the ‘first of its kind’ in UK theatre, and will offer one-to-one support to the venue’s Youth Theatre members, among other staff and creatives. 

Chichester Festival has appointed its first ‘creative therapist’ - a role that has bee called the ‘first of its kind’ in UK theatre. 

Shari A Jessie, who has been given the role, will be providing wellbeing programmes to staff, creatives and youth theatre members, and also provide consulting advice to freelance acting companies. 

The venue said it believed the post to be ‘the first theatre in the country to create a permanent part-time creative-therapist role to provide well-being programmes.’

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