Performing Anxiety

Telling My Story


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A performer tells a deeply personal, true story about their own struggle with mental health, in front of a live audience… This could describe any number of performances created over the past decade, a time in which we have become increasingly open to the idea of talking about our mental health. But how do you share very personal mental health experiences with an audience without putting your own mental health at risk? Bryony Kimmings, Caroline Horton, Selina Thompson, Sinead O'Brien (pictured), Nye Russell Thompson, and Amy Conway talk about putting their mental health on stage for all to see, while director and playwright Julia Taudevin warns of the dangers of an industry-wide obsession with personal stories. 

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Performing AnxietyBy Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival