Podcast
The Performing Anxiety podcast is presented by Andrew Eaton-Lewis, Arts Programme Officer for the Mental Health Foundation.
Episode 1: Telling My Story
Episode 1 of our Performing Anxiety podcast talks to experts in making autobiographical shows about mental health, including Bryony Kimmings, Caroline Horton, and Selina Thompson.
Episode 2: Other people’s stories
Episode 2 of our Performing Anxiety podcast talks to Mariem Omari, the vacuum cleaner and Sabra Khan about making participatory work with vulnerable people.
Episode 3: Safe spaces
Episode 3 of our Performing Anxiety podcast talks to producers and directors who are trying to create safer spaces for artists to make work about mental health, including Robyn Jancovich Brown, Robert Softley Gale and Stephanie Katie Hunter.
Episode 4: Finding the funnny
Episode 4 of our Performing Anxiety podcast talks to comedians Felicity Ward, Dave Chawner and Juliette Burton about turning their mental health struggles into successful stand-up comedy shows.
Episode 5: The gatekeepers
Episode 5 of our Performing Anxiety podcast looks at the role of leadership in safeguarding the mental health of artists, with contributions from Caitlin Skinner, Tracy Gentles, Selina Thompson and Ross Mackay.
Performing Anxiety
A resource for people who want to make audience-facing or participatory arts projects about mental health.
