Tag: Mental Health

A brownish photo of a set of stairs at an underground train station.

‘Not Another One’ at VAULT Festival review – Mental health monologue has a slow train of thought

A group of people in a wrestling ring gathered around a white dummy. One person wears a wrestling mask and green hospital scrubs while kneeling down next to it.

‘NHSmackdown’ at VAULT Festival review – Candid and hard-hitting account of NHS life wrestles with its many brutal blows

A where woman with black hair and black clothes scrambles inside some netting. Her mouth is open and she looks distressed.

‘Surfacing’ at VAULT Festival review – Creepy, kaleidoscopic play demands we appreciate mental health’s complexity

Tom, a white man with short brown hair, a grey beanie, jeans and brown jacket, sits on some stone steps in a garden. He has a neutral expression on his face and his left hand is stretched out to stroke a black and white cat perching on the right side wall of the steps.

Tom Powell on mental health play ‘Surfacing’ at VAULT Festival: ‘We’re giving an understanding that you couldn’t get from observing behaviour’

A range of different people in various brightly coloured clothes all look at a Black person in the middle in a blue dress, who is sat on the edge of a theatre stage set. They look troubled.

‘The Wonderful World of Dissocia’ review – Surrealist psychotic drama is creepy and curious

A brown woman with tied up black hair, a red jacket and blue jeans sings on stage behind a microphone stand and with an acoustic guitar in her hands.

‘Manic Street Creature’ at the Edinburgh Fringe review – Radiant gig theatre explores mental health’s messiness