Get Over It! Theatre Performance Explores Mental Health
Take Art launches a theatre tour across Somerset (and one in Dorset) exploring the everyday stigma and prejudice surrounding mental health.
Have you ever shouted at the TV when a character in your favourite soap does something you disagree with? Or wished you could rewrite the storyline to change the ending? Get Over It! will give people the chance to do exactly that – in real life.
High on the success of The Thing Is..., Take Art will tour Get Over It! to ten venues between 18-29 November. An interactive workshop and performance will explore the stigma, prejudice and ignorance surrounding mental health that people encounter, particularly in the workplace and with their families.
Get Over It! is like a theatrical game in which a problem is acted out with no satisfactory resolution. The audience is then invited to suggest, and try out, alternative solutions that could lead to a better outcome. It is an extremely effective way of helping people develop coping strategies for the tough issues they face in daily life.
Get Over It! will be performed by a cast of four actors, Karen Sheehan, Angela Laverick, Anna Groves and Duncan Taylor, who, between them, have considerable experience in this area of work. The show will be directed by Mark Helyar, Take Art's Co-Director of Theatre. He says:
"In the light of recent stories featured in the national press, it's clear that mental health is still surrounded by a huge amount of stigma and prejudice. Get Over It! will help to give people the voice and confidence to speak out about these issues and to talk about how they feel, whether that's disempowered, trapped, misunderstood or ignored."
is the second phase of Take Art's two-year Word/Play initiative that brings together Get Over It! theatre, spoken word and digital media to create change. It's for people in Somerset: individuals, groups and communities. Anyone, in fact, who wants their voice to be heard, to feel better about themselves or to make a difference in their lives.
Get involved with Get Over It! at the Balsam Centre on Wednesday 27th November, 2.00pm to 5.30pm.
Places are limited to 15 so please be sure to book in advance!
Text: 07516 258029, email or call 01460 249450. Prices are minimal – we think it's worth a fiver, but pay what you can afford!
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