Artform: Spoken Word

Skye Loneragan is bringing a ‘work in progress’ sharing of her new show, May Contain Nuts (*), to Manifesto. We caught up with Skye to ask her what to expect from the performance.

Come down to The Bungalow for an afternoon of performance, fun and games with the Well Happy Band, including techniques to reduce anxiety, increase energy and boost your mood.

Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and LGBT Health and Wellbeing present an evening of revolutionary queer poetry centring black poets and poets of colour.

Tune into Mindful Voices, Ten for Zen’s series of three short podcasts, to hear Martin Stepek, one of Scotland’s foremost teachers of mindfulness.

Renfrewshire Anti-Stigma Alliance (RASA) host a learning event for people to engage in conversations exploring the importance of wellbeing, good mental health and feeling connecting and belonging in their recovery paths.

Manifesto is our full-day opening event to explore the questions: What does a mental health revolution look like? And how do we start one? 

‘I don’t call myself a performance poet,’ Hollie McNish tells me ahead of her gig at Oran Mor for the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.