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A POWERFUL new play exploring real cancer stories is set to take centrestage in Greenock. A Waiting Game, written collaboratively by and for people affected by breast cancer, will be performed at the Beacon Arts Centre on August 5 at 7.30pm as part of a limited tour across the West of Scotland. The play, created during a PhD project by theatre practitioner Lori Delaney, is based on interviews with 40 people internationally who have lived experience of breast cancer. It has now secured funding from Beatson Cancer Charity to explore its therapeutic value for individuals affected by all types of cancer. Lori said: "We had fantastic feedback on the play from medics and people with lived experience of cancer. "It really had quite a lot of impact and resonated with the people. "We realised how much more of an impact we could have. This latest research will see the play performed again over three to four showings and inviting people with lived experience of all cancers to take part. "We also hope that it will ensure the play gets out to a lot more people." Tickets can be purchased online here. Professor Sara Macdonald, a general practice and primary care researcher at the University of Glasgow, said: "Through the play we want to see what its therapeutic potential is. "We know social prescribing, the idea of being engaged in something with people who are experiencing the same things as you, can be very valuable but it is not very well evaluated, particularly in the arts space. "A Waiting Game offers us a great opportunity for us as researchers to help create a model that could be used again and again for people with lived experience of cancer." Following each performance, audience members with lived experience of cancer will be invited to take part in a series of co-produced workshops exploring their experiences through creative mediums.