Other is a play exploring life, relationships and mental health, written by Birmingham-based writer, TV actress and award-winning director, Lorna Laidlaw and directed by Alison Belbin. Actors confirmed for this tour include Barrett Robinson and Dan Hagley and Terina Talbot. This is a special opportunity for the Birmingham community to come together at various venues across…

Polly Wright, the Artistic Director of the Hearth Centre has co-written For the Last Thirty Years with Women and Theatre which will be on at the Bham Rep from Oct 9-11th this autumn. Polly Wright was a founder member of Women and Theatre in 1984, with Janice Connolly, and is very well placed to write a…

A little about our talented writers who have now finished our Writing Begets Writing course. They will soon be working one on one with hospital inpatients suffering from mental health disorders to produce prose pieces to be published in an anthology.  Andy Cashmore is a graduate from the University of Birmingham with a degree in…

At The Hearth Centre we have entered into our third week of working with a diverse bunch of talented, and some well known, writers as they receive training to complete a prose workshop with individuals who are currently hospitalised due to their mental health. The aim of the scheme is to provide these hospitalised individuals…

We are very proud that Time To Change have published Eugene Egan’s nomination of Polly Wright for a Depression Alliance Award on their website.  Thank you very much and congratulations once again to Eugene! The Hearth Centre Team x