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
Arts For Impact – Campaign is now live
For the next week (17th – 24th March), We are taking part in a match funding scheme that means donations will be doubled.
You can help to support our Dreaming Together, a participatory arts project exploring dreaming as a radical act of healing and imagination. Rooted in lived experience of mental ill-health and inequality, it empowers people to reclaim futures and share their visions with audiences to inspire social change. Find out more and donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B4bvVYAR
New R&D Mini-Series
From 10th February to 31st March 2026 we will be running a new series, themed around Collective Dreaming- imagining the future that we want to see.
We’ll be exploring this topic using our sense, our imagination, and our current relationships to identity and culture, formulating new ideas and processes that will influence our future projects and performances.
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 Olivia on Olivia@many-minds.org / 07843 210272
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.
