mental health

Blog: Full Circle: Exploring the relationship between being working class and mental health

Michelle PayneFebruary 13, 2018

My family in Essex think I’m nuts. Funny but nuts. They don’t understand what I’m trying to do as a career, but (luckily) they love the idea of it. “…Our Michel...

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Blog: Writing ‘Happy Yet?’: A fresh take on depression, anxiety and mental illness

Katie BerglöfOctober 26, 2017

Happy Yet? is the story of a middle-aged man, Torsten, and his inability to function within Swedish society. From an attic flat in Stockholm, Torsten wages batt...

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Review: Dust, Underbelly Cowgate

Samson HawkinsAugust 11, 2017

There could be an entire brochure of one person shows about mental illness this year. Most being long drawn out stories of someone's life, ending with the hopef...

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MOTH, Declan Greene, Piers Black-Hawkins, Ransack Theatre, Hope Mill Theatre, mental health

Feature: Outsiders, dodging stereotypes and honesty in MOTH

Rachel KevernApril 13, 2017

AYT’s Rachel Kevern speaks to Piers Black-Hawkins, co-founder of award-winning Ransack Theatre, about how the company have maintained the unique allure of theat...

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Review: The Fall, Bay 56 Theatre

Josephine Balfour-OattsMarch 23, 2017

Adapted for stage by performing arts company Empath Eyes, The Fall is a forty-minute theatrical reimagining of Tarsam Singh’s 2006 adventure/fantasy film of the...

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Review: Glitter Punch, King’s Head Theatre

Tal FoxFebruary 24, 2017

Glitter Punch isn’t exactly your average teen romance story. It tells the story of boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, but as standard as that may sound ...

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