depression

56 crowdsourced stories of what we did when we felt depressed

56 crowdsourced stories of what we did when we felt depressed

I encouraged you to share a silly thing you did when you felt depressed. Why? Because sharing stories around darkness and generally shitty times reminds us that we’re not alone.

Here’s the stories that you shared – they made me laugh and cry at the same time.

Why does depression have to be sad? Reasons to be ridiculous

Why does depression have to be sad? Reasons to be ridiculous

Why laughter and ridiculousness are so central in my theatre company Parrot in the Tank’s approach to making work about depression, as we unpack what writing a comedy about depression is really about.

Post written together with my colleagues Sam Bailey and Joe Connor, originally published in Exeunt Magazine.

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The story of Black Dog Gold Fish and why it's good to share yours

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The story of Black Dog Gold Fish and why it's good to share yours

A year ago, Black Dog Gold Fish by my theatre company got funded on Kickstarter. Now we got Arts Council funding to open the show again in London.

It's been even more brilliant to see that we're not alone in bringing depression to public attention. How can we all get involved to remove the stigma around it?