Re: Mental Health #theatre workshops from @SolePurpose_ @SolaceHouseUSA @ArtsCouncilNI #NorthernIreland

[Sheena Mullan]

​Hello,

See below the details for the Mental Health Theater Project:

Do you know someone currently struggling with their mental health, and you want to know how to help? Sign-up on our Google Form to learn how to recognize the signs of suicide, know what language to use, and how to intervene in the event of a crisis: https://forms.gle/zWy268M6wXeNxvyBA

The Mental Health Theater Project is a free Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Training Workshop. The sessions will occur Saturday mornings 10 am -12 pm EST // 3 pm - 5 pm GMT via Zoom, beginning this Saturday, February 20th through Saturday, March 20th. Participation is open to individuals 18+ in the US, UK, and Ireland!

Solace House (a suicide prevention center in NYC) is teaming up with Sole Purpose Productions (a theater company based in Derry) to provide a free Mental Health Theater Project for the global community. The aim of this project is to raise awareness of suicide prevention practice using theatre techniques. We will use the Solace House Suicide Prevention Training and the Sole Purpose Productions video of the play ‘Blinkered’ as a starting point to discuss the signs and symptoms of suicide.

‘Blinkered’ by Patricia Byrne is a poignant and insightful play that explores issues of depression and suicide in young people. It won the Special Jury Prize at Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Festival 2019 in New York. The project will include a live Q&A online with the actors, writer and director.

Other sessions will include discussions on different aspects of mental health in different and diverse communities. The participants will be invited and guided to devise ‘Scenes of Intervention’ under the direction of Patricia Byrne. These are role plays which will illustrate how to recognize the signs and symptoms of suicide and how to offer help and guidance.

Sole Purpose Productions (www.solepurpose.org) is a multi award winning theatre company based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It was set up in 1997 to make new dynamic theatre on social and public issues. It has toured work throughout Ireland, the UK and the US.

Solace House is a suicide prevention organization in NYC that offers free, confidential, therapeutic counseling for anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or suicidal distress, as well as those who engage in self-harm, or have been bereaved by suicide.

This project is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

For more details please contact Solace House:

Email: Sheena...@solacehouseusa.org

Website: www.SolaceHouseUSA.org

Call: (718) 482-0001

Sheena Mullan
Marketing & Clinical Coordinator

Sheena...@SolaceHouseUSA.org

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From: Studio NI <studionort...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 8:45 AM
To: Sheena Mullan <Sheena...@solacehouseusa.org>
Subject: Mental Health #theatre workshops from @SolePurpose_ @SolaceHouseUSA @ArtsCouncilNI #NorthernIreland

 

Hi Sheena,

Please send info on these classes and how to participate. 

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Thank you. 

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