Lost Souls Monologues

Ester tries a geriatric version of speed dating – finding that letting go is so much harder than holding on. 

Written by Adam Szudrich
Directed by Matt Gibbs
Performed by Avril Gaynor

Vodka helps with post-traumatic stress disorder, so says a soldier. So does being listened to. But which works best?

Written by Matt Fox
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Matt Gibbs


NHS Mental Health resources for serving personnel 

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/armed-forces-and-veterans-healthcare/serving-personnel-mental-health-services/  

NHS Mental Health resources for Veterans:

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/armed-forces-and-veterans-healthcare/veterans-nhs-mental-health-services/

To access your local service, contact the Veterans' Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liasion Service (TILS)

You can contact the service direct or ask a GP or military charity to refer you.

Contact details are below

• In the North of England, call 0303 123 1145 or email [email protected] 
• In the Midlands or East of England, call 0300 323 0137 or email [email protected]
• In London or the South East of England, call 020 3317 6818 or email [email protected]
• In the South West of England, call 0300 365 2000 or email [email protected]

Resources for Families, Welfare and Support:

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA): The SSAFA is the national charity supporting service personnel, veterans and their families. SSAFA offers support to the community, whether at home, overseas or in an operational environment.

https://www.ssafa.org.uk/ 

Phone: 0800 731 4880 

Families federations: The 3 Service Families Federations (Naval Families Federation https://nff.org.uk/ , Army Families Federation https://aff.org.uk/ and Royal Air Force Families Federation https://www.raf-ff.org.uk/) are the independent voices of service families. 

Each offers independent and confidential advice on a range of issues and works to improve the quality of life for service families. They regularly engage with the chain of command, local authorities and government to represent the views of armed forces families.

Mental Health Resources:

CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably. A charity providing a mental health helpline and webchat.

Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (Daily-5pm to midnight)

Website: www.thecalmzone.net

SAMARITANS: Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. 

Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)

Website: www.samaritans.org.uk

No Panic: Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.

Phone: 0300 772 9844 (daily 10am-10pm) Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider's Access Charge

Website: www.nopanic.org.uk 

Email: [email protected] 

Drinkline: A Free, confidential helpline for people worries about their own or someone else's drinking. Phone: 0300 123 1100 (weekdays 9am-8pm, weekends 11am-4pm)

A new development in the neighbourhood will ruin Betty’s view. She must find her voice, but will it be heard? 

Written by Paul Stimpson
Directed by Jane Quill 
Performed by Anne Rutter

A curtain-twitcher spies on her neighbours, finding fault. It can be such fun looking at others’ flaws as a way of avoiding our own... 

Written by Trevor John Smith
Performed by Sioned Jones

Amelia, fifteen, and her little brother, Mo, are in a council tower block. They can smell smoke. But someone is coming to help, right?  

Written by Jodi Gray
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Jessica Hayles 

Grenfell United
Grenfell United Website: https://www.grenfellunited.org.uk/
Grenfell United Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrenfellUnited
Grenfell United Take Action: https://support.grenfellunited.org/

UK Cladding Action Group
UK Cladding Action Group: https://www.facebook.com/ukcag

End Our Cladding Scandal
End Our Cladding Scandal Twitter: https://twitter.com/eocs_official?lang=en

CALM
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably. A charity providing a mental health helpine and webchat.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (Daily-5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net

SAMARITANS
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk

Cruse Bereavement Care
Phone: 0808 808 1677 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Website: www.cruse.org.uk

Some people are invisible to others. They don’t know why. And when they make themselves seen everything falls apart.

Written by Julia Donnelly
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Tamla Kari 

A young novice nun is different. She feel things: unbidden heat, unnatural tightness, empathy for mice… And her seniors do not trust her.

Written by Christine Foster
Sound direction by Matt Gibbs
Performed by Hannah Genesius 

Bird, a tightrope walker, faces her moment of truth. She is trying to regain her balance on the wire after a life-changing evening. It's just one step, Bird. One step...  

Written by Tom Coash
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Siri Steinmo

For the first time, a wife tells her husband what she thinks and what she wants. And for once, he can’t control the situation. She can hardly believe her luck. 

Written by Lucy Flannery
Directed by Jonathan Cripps
Sound direction by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Caitlin Ince 

Dough is reliable, responsive and honest. It offers no surprises. It is full of life. And in the outback of Australia it is an escape for a man who grieves. 

Written by Samuel L Robertson
Directed by Hannah Genesius
Performed by Matt Gibbs