Drama Culture

Important issue for us all: Mental ill health

A common statistic quoted is that 1 in 3 or 4 of us in Britain will experience some form of mental ill health in our lifetimes. A worrying figure and this level of incidence in almost any other illness would be always at the top of the health agenda. But mental ill health has traditionally been a hidden illness, in part because it can’t be seen. But there are also major issues of stigma associated with being ‘mental’.

People with experience of mental and emotional distress are as varied as people with any other condition, and the appropriate treatment, or road to recovery, is also...

Tortoise & Hare: Making a Meal of Storytelling this half term

Event Date: 
28/10/2014 - 12:00pm to 01/11/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre Exeter

This Autumn half term from Tuesday 28th October to Saturday 1st November, The Bike Shed Theatre, in Exeter’s Fore Street, will be transformed into a kitchen, dining room, and story-world for the arrival of Tortoise & Hare- as they make a meal of storytelling. The perfect show for children ages 5 and up (and their parents) it includes a three-course meal crafted from fine local produce, as literature and cuisine combine. Just one catch, you’re the cook!

Early bird tickets are available for £5 until the end of September here: http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/tortoise-...