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Radio Solent,2 mins

Robot actor takes centre stage in Alzheimers production

Steve Harris

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Pipeline Theatre's production Spillikin (a love story) tells the story of a woman with Alzheimers, living with a robot companion and features a state-of-the-art robot as a cast member. The touring theatre production, complete with its non human cast member, arrived in Dorset as part of a UK tour. BBC Radio Solent's Neil Sackley was in Sandford Orcas as the cast arrived.

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