We are Many Minds, a Bristol based mental health charity.
Our vision is for people who have experience of mental ill-health to be empowered to realise their full potential through creativity and performance.
Many Minds mission is to increase access to and participation in the arts for people who identify with experiences of mental ill-health and to promote equality, connection, understanding and awareness in the wider public through performance.
We run weekly workshops in theatre making to devise and create high quality contemporary performance. We work with individuals to engage with creativity, improve confidence, self-esteem and build social skills and networks.
Latest News
Free Workshop at Diaspora Festival
Join us at Diaspora Festival on Bank Holiday Monday 12-2PM 4th May for an interactive and inclusive workshop. We’ll be inviting you to dream with others, of the future we are longing for in a collective act of imagination, care and resistance. Centering people’s culture and identity, we’ll use creative exercises to dream boldly about what culture could become. Get your tickets here! http://hdfst.uk/e151891
Part 2 of our Dreaming series: The future of culture
Starting 28th April, we’ll be continuing our exploration into Collective Dreaming on Tuesday evenings, this time honing in on culture. In these sessions we will be looking more at what culture means to us, where it happens and what it looks like in our every day lives, why it matters, and how it could be easier to take part in culture in the future.
You do not need to have attended the previous series to attend this one, and if you would like to join, get in touch with tom@many-minds.org.
Productions
We have performed our work at Bristol Old Vic, The Wardrobe Theatre, Theatre on the Downs, The Watershed, City Hall, We the Curious, Arnolfini, in Bristol and at Cardboard Citizens HQ in London. Our work has been shown at Mayfest festival, Harbourside Festival and Bristol Refugee Festival.
Find out more about our upcoming shows or previous productions:
Our impact
We are a member-led organisation, with over 350 members.
People who come to workshops, work and volunteer with us are our members and have the right to vote every year at the AGM and input into the future direction of the organisation.
Thomas: “Being involved has helped my confidence come back and reminded me that I love performing and that I am good at it. My connection with Many Minds has brought me lifelong friends and also given me the confidence to get involved with other creative projects”
Get in touch
To join our membership contact Tom on tom@many-minds.org / 07732291250
For any general enquiries, please contact us on info@many-minds.org / 07843 210272
You can also join our Mailing List for updates on projects, workshops and shows.
