Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/performing-anxiety-exploring-good-practice-in-mental-health-arts-projects Performing Anxiety is a new podcast by the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, created as part of a good practice resource for people making artistic work about mental health. It includes interviews with Bryony Kimmings, the vacuum cleaner, Selina Thompson, Felicity Ward and many more, and touches on autobiographical theatre, participatory projects with vulnerable people, safe spaces, leadership, and stand-up comedy. Performing Anxiety is presented by Andrew Eaton-Lewis from the Mental Health Foundation and supported by the Baring Foundation. Music by Hamish Brown. The full resource is at www.mhfestival.com/performinganxiety Mental Health Foundation 046d713c-88c3-56a1-a288-cb8691e475bd no en Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:58:50 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:16:18 -0800 http://www.mhfestival.com/performinganxiety https://img.transistor.fm/MY0252axFmlM9FmOiAy-k0UIB32LfQsvhTSdFcR9laU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNDIy/ZjEzNjE3YjgzZGM3/ODVhY2M5YWFmMTNm/OTAxYi5qcGc.jpg http://www.mhfestival.com/performinganxiety episodic Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Performing Anxiety is a new podcast by the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, created as part of a good practice resource for people making artistic work about mental health. It includes interviews with Bryony Kimmings, the vacuum cleaner, Selina Thompson, Felicity Ward and many more, and touches on autobiographical theatre, participatory projects with vulnerable people, safe spaces, leadership, and stand-up comedy. Performing Anxiety is presented by Andrew Eaton-Lewis from the Mental Health Foundation and supported by the Baring Foundation. Music by Hamish Brown. The full resource is at www.mhfestival.com/performinganxiety Performing Anxiety is a new podcast by the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, created as part of a good practice resource for people making artistic work about mental health. Andrew Eaton-Lewis No No 5 5 The Gatekeepers full 1fe59087-6d1f-453f-a63b-7210c062a9f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d6b2691a In our closing episode, we ask how people in leadership roles should respond to the growing interest in creative work about mental health. Do we need a complete rethink of how the arts industry thinks about mental health? With contributions from theatre-maker Selina Thompson (pictured), director and playwright Julia Taudevin, Tracy Gentles of Sick! Festival, Caitlin Skinner of Stellar Quines and writer Ross Mackay, formerly of theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell.

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]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:12:30 -0700 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 843 In our closing episode, we ask how people in leadership roles should respond to the growing interest in creative work about mental health. Do we need a complete rethink of how the arts industry thinks about mental health? With contributions from theatre-maker Selina Thompson (pictured), director and playwright Julia Taudevin, Tracy Gentles of Sick! Festival, Caitlin Skinner of Stellar Quines and writer Ross Mackay, formerly of theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell.

]]> No 4 4 Finding The Funny full f806a83c-685d-4fb3-8158-00373670c511 https://share.transistor.fm/s/17dc1a10 What do stand-up comedians gain from talking about their mental health struggles on stage, and what are the risks involved? Comedians Juliette Burton, Felicity Ward and Dave Chawner share their thoughts.

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]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:12:18 -0700 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 795 What do stand-up comedians gain from talking about their mental health struggles on stage, and what are the risks involved? Comedians Juliette Burton, Felicity Ward and Dave Chawner share their thoughts.

]]> No 3 3 Safe Spaces full 60d6a38f-53a5-47e3-8861-7482753f29cc https://share.transistor.fm/s/55f74214 More and more people are making live performances that address mental health, often drawing on very personal experiences of trauma. What should people producing or directing this work be doing to keep them safe? Robyn Jancovich Brown (Stories Untold), Stephanie Katie Hunter (Scissor Kick), Robert Softley Gale (Birds of Paradise) and more share their thoughts.

]]> More and more people are making live performances that address mental health, often drawing on very personal experiences of trauma. What should people producing or directing this work be doing to keep them safe? Robyn Jancovich Brown (Stories Untold), Stephanie Katie Hunter (Scissor Kick), Robert Softley Gale (Birds of Paradise) and more share their thoughts.

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:11:46 -0700 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 755 More and more people are making live performances that address mental health, often drawing on very personal experiences of trauma. What should people producing or directing this work be doing to keep them safe? Robyn Jancovich Brown (Stories Untold), Stephanie Katie Hunter (Scissor Kick), Robert Softley Gale (Birds of Paradise) and more share their thoughts.

]]> No 2 2 Other People's Stories full 4b9d7555-abdb-45c8-ac94-87d64494b73e https://share.transistor.fm/s/cb780b44 It's increasingly common for artists to make participatory projects about mental health, encouraging people who have gone through sometimes profound mental health challenges to explore that through creativity. But how do you avoid making people more vulnerable, or even exploiting them? Mariem Omari of Bijli Productions, the vacuum cleaner and Sabra Khan of BEDLAM arts and mental health festival share their experiences.

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]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:11:30 -0700 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 901 It's increasingly common for artists to make participatory projects about mental health, encouraging people who have gone through sometimes profound mental health challenges to explore that through creativity. But how do you avoid making people more vulnerable, or even exploiting them? Mariem Omari of Bijli Productions, the vacuum cleaner and Sabra Khan of BEDLAM arts and mental health festival share their experiences.

]]> No 1 1 Telling My Story full f59b5372-e547-4014-a8a2-715a658d10b6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/98c4991e A performer tells a deeply personal, true story about their own struggle with mental health, in front of a live audience… This could describe any number of performances created over the past decade, a time in which we have become increasingly open to the idea of talking about our mental health. But how do you share very personal mental health experiences with an audience without putting your own mental health at risk? Bryony Kimmings, Caroline Horton, Selina Thompson, Sinead O'Brien (pictured), Nye Russell Thompson, and Amy Conway talk about putting their mental health on stage for all to see, while director and playwright Julia Taudevin warns of the dangers of an industry-wide obsession with personal stories. 

]]> A performer tells a deeply personal, true story about their own struggle with mental health, in front of a live audience… This could describe any number of performances created over the past decade, a time in which we have become increasingly open to the idea of talking about our mental health. But how do you share very personal mental health experiences with an audience without putting your own mental health at risk? Bryony Kimmings, Caroline Horton, Selina Thompson, Sinead O'Brien (pictured), Nye Russell Thompson, and Amy Conway talk about putting their mental health on stage for all to see, while director and playwright Julia Taudevin warns of the dangers of an industry-wide obsession with personal stories. 

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:11:07 -0700 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 1072 A performer tells a deeply personal, true story about their own struggle with mental health, in front of a live audience… This could describe any number of performances created over the past decade, a time in which we have become increasingly open to the idea of talking about our mental health. But how do you share very personal mental health experiences with an audience without putting your own mental health at risk? Bryony Kimmings, Caroline Horton, Selina Thompson, Sinead O'Brien (pictured), Nye Russell Thompson, and Amy Conway talk about putting their mental health on stage for all to see, while director and playwright Julia Taudevin warns of the dangers of an industry-wide obsession with personal stories. 

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