Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion Champion
Magdalena Schamberger is an independent creative collaborator, theatre maker, consultant and teaching artist, combining 30 years of experience in physical and visually driven theatre and clowning with 20 years of creatively engaging with people living with dementia.
Magdalena has a long-standing commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people through high-quality arts provision and is Co-founder and former Artistic Director of Hearts & Minds, Scotland.
She has devised ‘Curious Shoes’ and ‘In the Light of Day’, two collaborative performances for people living with dementia and their loved ones, which have toured extensively to theatres, care homes, day & community centres throughout Scotland and the UK. She has also developed Artful Minds, an experiential training initiative for artists of all art-forms and delivers Compassionate Clowning workshops to organisations across the globe.
Magdalena is an Honorary Professor with the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University and Creative Director at Bold (Bringing Out Leaders in Dementia), a project supported by the Life Changes Trust.