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Other.

By N Smith30th September 2014 Categories: Uncategorized

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…

For the Last Thirty Years, 9th – 11th October!

By N Smith30th August 2014 Categories: Uncategorized

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…

Snippets! 7th and 8th September

By N Smith30th August 2014 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Chris Cleverley, Coustis, hair, Snippets, spoken word event

Pop up Theatre, writer and poets Slam! Coustis Hair and Beauty Kings Heath will be transforming into Pop up Theatre, a writer and poets slam, for two evenings on Sunday 7th and Monday 8th September it is the second of a series of fund raising events after the hugely successful pop up art gallery in…

Meet our writers!

By N Smith5th August 2014 Categories: Uncategorized

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…

Writing begets writing….

By N Smith23rd June 2014 Categories: Uncategorized

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…

Eugene’s nomination for Hearth Centre’s Polly Wright published by Time To Change

By N Smith17th June 2014 Categories: Uncategorized

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

A day in Clun

By N Smith12th May 2014 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Clun, The Sea in Birmingham

Some lovely scenes from The Sea in Birmingham event in Clun 12/05/14. Thanks to everyone who attended!

Rachel Kelly on The Hearth Centre’s Depression Alliance Award

By N Smith3rd May 2014 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: depression alliance

The Hearth Centre is proud to have featured in Rachel Kelly’s blog about Eugene Egan’s nomination after winning a Depression Alliance Award!

December 2nd – 3rd 2013: Polly Wright speaking at Art Goes Work Conference, Helsinki

By N Smith26th September 2013 Categories: events, news, Uncategorized

Polly Wright is going to be keynote speaker at a conference in Helsinki on December 2nd-3rd 2013. The conference is called Art Goes Work and is being run by Novia University. Watch this space for more news  

Watch Anti Depressants Without the Side Effects - the latest film from the HEARTH Centre about the impact of theatre and literature on health and wellbeing.

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