Intro: Lou Platt Author: Emily Beecher Introduction This was the final session in the Mentoring & Wellbeing Programme. When we're steeped...

Film by Ant Lightfoot Text by Ant Lightfoot & Lou Platt This session was the penultimate session. Ant Lightfoot has made a 2 min film...

Author: Caroline Wilkes Henri Nouwen: ‘Wounded Healers’ Wabi-sabi: ‘seeing beauty in the flawed or imperfect’ Why do we, as theatre...

Film Edited by: Vicki Hawkins at energeticediting@gmail.com This film is the next sharing in the Mentoring & Wellbeing process, inviting...

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...

Author: Yuyu Wang Responsibility to Wellbeing with the Arts: Where do they lie? Who’s responsible for what and when? What barriers are...

Author: Charis McRoberts Why me? Why now? Why today? I’m late. The collective mode of being, listening and sharing continued nonetheless....

Author: Radhika Aggarwal (edits by Lou Platt) It's been brilliant to join this group of makers, who through meeting only a couple of...

Authors: Caroline Horton & Lou Platt This was our first meeting as a new online community – eight theatre practitioners (including...

“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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

With Edinburgh Festival Fringe just 6 weeks away, here's my annual series of tips for a happy fringe for all. Not exhaustive & written...

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...

It really seems like the creative industry is waking up to the profound need for better mental health support and provisions. The Actors...

Arts Council England has launched a £14.4 million fund for research and development projects called Developing Your Creative Practice....

Precarious: adjective Definition: not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse. dependent on chance;...

Part of the practice of Artist Wellbeing is about identifying risks and developing the skill of being able to recognise when creative...