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Can the arts help alleviate some of the suffering caused by the pandemic? Can theatre help us to find meaning, to begin to heal? Richard Hurley was moved by this performance<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u201cThere’s a lot of misrepresentation of nurses and doctors,\u201d Christie Watson tells The BMJ<\/em>. This theatrical show, inspired by her memoirs of 20 years as a nurse, is a \u201cvery non-stereotypical\u201d celebration of what it means to care professionally\u2014<\/i>and what it means to be human.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Language of Kindness<\/span><\/i> is an appreciation of all that NHS staff have given in the past 15 months, Watson, now professor of medical and health humanities at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that we might not be with our loved ones if they’re alone in hospital, even at the end of their life, is just horrendous,\u201d she says. \u201cBut nobody was left alone ever, because nurses will always be there, and that is such a powerful privilege.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The show incorporates physical theatre, visual projections, and rousing music. You can\u2019t help smiling when actors in gowns and headpieces made from protective gloves dance to Harry Belafonte\u2019s <\/span>Jump in the Line<\/span><\/i>. You can\u2019t help being moved when photos of smiling NHS staff cover every surface on the stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hospital corners, neonatal death, picnics in the small hours, the horrors of all that comes out of the human body, and maintaining professionalism despite physical and mental exhaustion: there\u2019s humour, trauma, camaraderie, grief, and love by the bucketful.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pandemic has changed how the public views nursing, says Watson, particularly in critical care: \u201cSuddenly people realised that this job is complicated, you can\u2019t learn it overnight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That there\u2019s no nurse on SAGE, the official pandemic advisory committee, speaks volumes about how the government sees nurses, she says. \u201cI was told that’s because it’s a committee of scientists and experts. But nurses are scientists and experts. Had there been a care home nurse on SAGE many lives could have been saved. Infection control nurses\u2019 entire career is about PPE. It\u2019s shocking that they are not being consulted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNurses have long been stigmatised as handmaidens or angels. Wartime language, like the term \u2018hero,\u2019 can be seen as politically convenient, legitimising low pay and inadequate PPE.\u201d The show juxtaposes “clap for carers” with “cannon fodder.”<\/span><\/p>\n

This feeds into nursing\u2019s extreme gender problem, says Watson: almost 90% are women yet there’s still a pay gap in favour of men. \u201cThe only way to get men into nursing is to value the women in nursing: pay them appropriately, and see and portray them as the rigorously trained, safety critical professionals that they are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Physical distancing, facemasks, and face shields are integral to the show. PPE\u2019s impact, on touch and communication, plays out on the stage as well as in hospital, says Watson. \u201cIn PPE people can\u2019t recognise you. Patients can\u2019t hear staff properly, can\u2019t see facial expressions. There\u2019s something potentially dehumanising about this barrier between professional and patient.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Watson worked briefly at London\u2019s Nightingale Hospital during the first wave of covid-19. \u201cI was really afraid. Healthcare professionals were traumatised. We’re now beginning to reflect on meaning, trying to make sense of it all.\u201d Everyone’s priority now, she says, must be\u00a0 doctors\u2019 and nurses\u2019 mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n

She worries that emergency, diluted staffing levels should not be seen as acceptable or safe now. Even before the pandemic, nursing, like medicine, had major challenges in recruitment and retention. \u201cIf experienced people leave the profession, new nurses won’t have role models to learn from,” she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watson has four written books, including two novels. \u201cNursing and medicine are increasingly about storytelling,\u201d she says. \u201cThe arts play a great role in understanding people\u2019s stories, and in representing, and alleviating, people\u2019s suffering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started out, I knew nursing was about anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and maths. But it\u2019s also about art, literature, dance, and politics–and nursing is theatre too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bringing actors and audiences back together during the pandemic comes with huge logistical and financial burdens, including daily tests for cast and crew. There are no doubt emotional challenges too: \u201cEvery single person you meet,\u201d says Watson, \u201chas been going through their own personal family traumas, as well as at work, in the past year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Language of Kindness<\/i>\u00a0is at Shoreditch Town Hall, London, until 12 June, with discounts for NHS staff. The performance on Thursday 10 June will be live streamed online:\u00a0www.waywardproductions.co.uk\/the-language-of-kindness<\/a><\/p>\n

Richard Hurley<\/strong>, features and debates editor, The BMJ.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Competing interests<\/strong>: none declared.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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