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PRODUCTION SUPPORT
WHO WE CAN HELP
Whether freelancer, permanent staff, leader or newbie - we believe everyone involved in the creative industries should be able to access specialist support and care.
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If you work in any of the following, perhaps you could benefit from support from one of our experienced team members.
THEATRE
TV & FILM
OPERA
DANCE
LIVE ART
MUSIC
SERVICES AT A GLANCE
Whether you work in Theatre, Dance, Opera, TV or Film - when working on productions could your cast, crew and production team benefit from having access to mental health support and reflective practice? Here are the ways in which we can support you and your team. All services are bespoke so if you're seeking something you don't see here, let us know and we'll see if we can help.
On-Call Support
Our On-Call Support gives you and your team access to Individual Support Sessions. Drawing upon our skills in therapy, reflective practice and lived experience of working in creative industries, we're here to help you regain your creative flow.
We'll help you identify what's really going on and find ways to overcome your blocks.
Confidential. 50mins. Responsive.
Team Work
Foundation Setting Workshops: At the beginning of your process - be that R&D, rehearsal or performance - we can come in to help you and your team set the Foundations-to-practice that deeply consider and integrate ways to look after everyone's mental health - at the same time as taking creative risks.
Ending Well: We can also help you end in ways that honour the creative journey. We can help you move on feeling refreshed, processed and richer.
Workshops
Our workshops can help you and your team connect to themselves and each other in dynamic and inclusive ways.
We can offer workshops on things like:
De-roling
The Right Use of Power in Processes
Working with Auto-Biographical Stories
Touring Well
And more...
ON-CALL SERVICE EXPLAINED
For tight-rope walkers, it's really sensible to have a net in place before they attempt their craft, so when they wobble they can feel confident that something - someone - is there to catch them should they fall. Our on-call service is the net below you and your team.
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WHO FOR?
Ideally we offer Individual Support Sessions to everyone involved in the process - be they cast, crew or creative - because if one cog is struggling, then the whole machine is affected.
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WHAT?
50min online confidential sessions at a time convenient for you.
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HOW?
Sessions can be REACTIVE - meaning, you book in as and when you need to. Or PROACTIVE - meaning, you book in advance as an act of tending to the inevitable. Or a HYBRID of the two. You'll discuss all this with one of our team when we design your care-package with you.
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WHEN?
Our support can be there from the very beginning, through R&D, rehearsal, tech, previews, performance run and at least a couple of weeks post final-curtain. Timings are all agreed with you in our consultation phase leading to a contract of services.
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If its TV or Film - we're here for you through prep, the shoot, edits, transmission and a period of time after release to provide support for publicity and media.
FOUNDATION SETTING WORKSHOPS
At the beginning stages of a process - be that R&D, rehearsal, performance or production - we can come in and hold space for the team to gather at depth and to align in working practices that centralise wellbeing without compromising artistic freedom.
Possible elements:
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Deep Check-in & Needs Sharing
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Goal & Intention Setting
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Identifying Hot Spots / Crunch Points and how to respond
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Boundaries, Care & Repair Agreements
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Exploring Personal Resonance with Themes
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Naming and Normalising Fears & Hopes
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Managing Dual Relationships
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Acknowledging External Pressures (“the personal stuff we carry”)
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Trauma-Informed Rehearsal / Production Guidance
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ENDING WELL WORKSHOPS
Let's face it, we end terribly in the creative industries. Fuelled by the precariousness of the freelance world - we tend to jump from one job to another. We rarely come together to digest, reflect, intentionally learn, let go and grow together.
We can hold space for you and your team to trust the collective exhale.
Usually towards or just before the end of processes. We can help you prepare for the ending.
TEAM WORK
WORKSHOPS
We can provide a variety of workshops for you and your team. They are always bespoke and created with you and your unique team in mind, taking into consideration the story you're telling, who's telling it and how.
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We can offer workshops on topics such as:
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Foundation Setting (see above)
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Ending well (see above)
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De-roling
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The Right Use of Power in Processes
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Working with Auto-Biographical Stories
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Touring Well
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And more...
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
We can also facilitate one-off Team Reflective Practice sessions should you and your team need some add-hoc support in response to a specific crisis or concern.
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If you have a need - contact us and we'll let you know if we can help and how.
MINDFUL CO-WORKING
The term 'mindful co-working' reflects a simple truth: the best co-working happens when colleagues pay purposeful and careful attention to their own and each others' roles, responsiblities, thoughts, feelings and perspectives. It requires a conscious and deliberate use of the mind and the imagination. In other words, mindful co-working does not happen by chance, or by rote delivery. It is always a result of fully conscious and considered collaboration.
From Mindful Co-Working by Clark Baim