Lou Platt
Ment-Well #9: And So It Was And It Was So
Intro: Lou Platt Author: Emily Beecher Introduction This was the final session in the Mentoring & Wellbeing Programme. When we're steeped...
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Lou Platt
- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Ment-Well #8: Failing. Falling. Learning.
Film by Ant Lightfoot Text by Ant Lightfoot & Lou Platt This session was the penultimate session. Ant Lightfoot has made a 2 min film...
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Lou Platt
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
Ment-Well #7: Autobiography & the Wounded Healer
Author: Caroline Wilkes Henri Nouwen: ‘Wounded Healers’ Wabi-sabi: ‘seeing beauty in the flawed or imperfect’ Why do we, as theatre...
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Lou Platt
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Ment-Well #6: The Re-emerging Artist
Film Edited by: Vicki Hawkins at energeticediting@gmail.com This film is the next sharing in the Mentoring & Wellbeing process, inviting...
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Lou Platt
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Ment-Well #5: Start Where You Are
Author: Rebecca Saffir When is a theatre artist not a theatre artist? Over the last six months, I’ve felt that the fact that I’ve never...
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Lou Platt
- Aug 7, 2020
- 5 min
Ment-Well #4: What Parts are Responsible?
Author: Yuyu Wang Responsibility to Wellbeing with the Arts: Where do they lie? Who’s responsible for what and when? What barriers are...
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Lou Platt
- Aug 3, 2020
- 4 min
Ment-Well #3: Why me?
Author: Charis McRoberts Why me? Why now? Why today? I’m late. The collective mode of being, listening and sharing continued nonetheless....
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Lou Platt
- Jul 18, 2020
- 5 min
'Ment-Well' #2: The Liminal Space
Author: Radhika Aggarwal (edits by Lou Platt) It's been brilliant to join this group of makers, who through meeting only a couple of...
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Lou Platt
- Jul 5, 2020
- 3 min
'Ment-Well' #1: Beginning with Permission
Authors: Caroline Horton & Lou Platt This was our first meeting as a new online community – eight theatre practitioners (including...
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Lou Platt
- Apr 23, 2020
- 12 min
Grief Within the Arts: Depression
“If grief is a process of healing, then depression is one of the many necessary steps along the way.” We’ve been though denial, anger and...
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Lou Platt
- Apr 13, 2020
- 8 min
Grief Within the Arts: Bargaining
Bargaining “allows us to believe that we can restore order to the chaos that has taken over”. Within the arts, I wonder if our bargaining...
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Lou Platt
- Apr 8, 2020
- 6 min
Grief Within the Arts: Anger
“The will to save a life is not the power to stop a death.” Kübler-Ross and Kessler hits the heart of it here as we continue to move into...
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Lou Platt
- Mar 30, 2020
- 6 min
Grief Within the Arts: Denial
Here is the reality. This is going to be a tough beginning. We are in tough times. Take your time reading, and be curious about what...
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Lou Platt
- Jul 24, 2019
- 6 min
End of Rehearsal / Pre-Edinburgh Tour Preparations
Let's get down to helping you and your creative team to spring clean your artist wellbeing practices and prepare for Edinburgh! I've had...
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Paul Burns
- Jun 19, 2019
- 3 min
Tips for a Happy Fringe, by Paul Burns
With Edinburgh Festival Fringe just 6 weeks away, here's my annual series of tips for a happy fringe for all. Not exhaustive & written...
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Lou Platt
- Apr 15, 2019
- 7 min
Check Ins & Outs - Guidance & Best Practice
I've been encouraging artists to use Check In/Outs (CIOs) for some time now. CIOs seem quite simple at a glance - before you set to work...
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Lou Platt
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
A place to Talk for people in the creative industry
It really seems like the creative industry is waking up to the profound need for better mental health support and provisions. The Actors...
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Lou Platt
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Funding for the Creative Process
Arts Council England has launched a £14.4 million fund for research and development projects called Developing Your Creative Practice....
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Lou Platt
- Mar 5, 2018
- 1 min
Precarious Workers - Self Care Checklist
Precarious: adjective Definition: not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse. dependent on chance;...
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Lou Platt
- Mar 4, 2018
- 2 min
Sex Scenes - Guidelines for Best Practice
Part of the practice of Artist Wellbeing is about identifying risks and developing the skill of being able to recognise when creative...
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