Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

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We were delighted to attend the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival! We popped along to the Stigma Watch with See Me workshop where we chatted about stigma and how it operates in society. Thanks for having us @MH_arts 🫶

🎭🎨📽️ Our special showcase, Now You See Us, is happening NOW at @CCA_Glasgow! Across today and tomorrow we're hosting a wide range of fantastic events taking in theatre, dance, film, art, workshops, discussions & more. We'd love to see you, info & tix: mhfestival.com/now-you-see-us

👏🏆 We’re delighted to announce Mel Reeve's short story Trawler has won the Grand Jury Prize at our 2024 Writing Awards! Trawler is one of 12 pieces of writing shortlisted from 300 entries, exploring our theme In/Visible. Read about all our winners ⬇️ mhfestival.com/2024/10/writin…

#FilmFriday🎞️ #SMHAF2024 Film Showcase A chance to see artists’ shorts exploring mental health from diverse viewpoints. These thought-provoking films were made in response to past festival themes of Normality, Gather & Revolution. mhfestival.com/events/smhaf-f…

📽️🧠 Our Now You See Us showcase, @CCA_Glasgow on Fri 25 & Sat 26 Oct, includes the chance to see some imaginative and powerful films on the big screen. 💃 Dancing Madness (Sat 26 Oct, 7.30pm) – this insightful Spanish doc asks: Who gets to decide what is ‘normal’ and what is ‘madness’? And can it be danced? 🩳 SMHAF Film Showcase (Sat 26 Oct, 1pm) – A unique opportunity to see an eclectic programme of artists’ shorts exploring mental health from diverse viewpoints. Find out more: mhfestival.com/now-you-see-us

🎭Don’t miss incredible new theatre exploring mental health from playwright Jen Mcgregor @JenBitesPeople & actor/writer @SanjayLago at @CCA_Glasgow. 🎟️Hallucinogen – Fri 25 Oct, 3pm: tikt.link/hallucinogen 🎟️Floating Along Silently – Sat 26 Oct, 2.30pm: tikt.link/floating

Looking for something creative & inspiring to do this weekend? Now You See Us is an impactful 2-day showcase of theatre, artist commissions, film screenings, vital discussions & more, all responding to this year's festival theme, In/Visible. mhfestival.com/events/now-you… #SMHAF2024

🎬Film Recommendation🎬 “Silent Men” Written/Filmed/Narrated by @DuncanCowles Went to a preview of this last night and would highly recommend it. Out on 19 November. ⬇️

Men Don't Talk is at @HeartofHawick this Friday 25 October. Join Tom, Ken and Jim down this fictional men's shed - a new play inspired by the men of a Scottish Borders shed and written by a Borders-based theatre maker. #mendonttalk #wellbeing #mensmentalhealth #suicideprevention

🎙️🎭 Join us for Performing Anxiety: The Making of Tero Buru. This is a vital discussion about safeguarding the mental health of those involved in the production of intimate new play Tero Buru, written by the late Beldina Odenyo. 🔗 Book free tix: tikt.link/performinganxi…

Join us for Tero Buro at Platform on Fri 15 (7pm) & Sat 16 Nov (2pm). Written by Beldina Odenyo. A Leah McAleer Project produced by @_disaster_plan and in association with @ntsonline Tickets on sale now: platform-online.co.uk/whats-on/event… #easterhouse #glasgow #theatre

Last Chance To Sign Up - A New Strand - Art, Displacement & Mental Health – Wednesday 23th October 12-1pm - We talk to Counterpoints Arts and some of their artists working in displacement and mental health. #MH_arts ACHWSNewStrand.eventbrite.com

☕🍪 The Scottish tour of Men Don't Talk is gearing up for 12 dates across the country! We're delighted that @clareprenton's poignant & hilarious new play exploring men's mental health is part of our programme. 🎟 Tickets for all dates available here: mhfestival.com/events/men-don…

Join Jim, Tom and Ken down the men's shed this Wednesday 23rd October at @CnauldTheatre, 7.30pm (ends 8.50pm). @GenesisTP2024 @MH_arts

🎭🎨🎞️ We’d love to see you at our showcase event, Now You See Us, @CCA_Glasgow on Fri 25 & Sat 26 Oct. Includes exciting new work by musician and poet @CelloSeales, actor and writer @SanjayLago, playwright @JenBitesPeople & storyteller Jane Mather. 🎟️ mhfestival.com/events/now-you…