MASH Programme : Theatre Project

LouDeemY Productions delivered eight 3-hour sessions involving mentors, volunteers and mentees/participants exploring mental health, resilience and well-being, through the medium of creative arts.

Aimed at current participants of the MASH Programme, we will engage participants in a variety of interactive arts techniques, including drama, comedy, creative writing, poetry, music, role play, monologue, sketch and ensemble activities.

Participants were encouraged and nurtured in sharing and developing talents they may already have, engaging in new ones, and working together in a safe, supportive and welcoming environment.

The activities themselves will benefitted the participants in terms of increasing their self-confidence, self-worth, self-esteem, self-awareness, awareness of others, ability to work as part of a team and on their own initiative. The project also help them gain/develop a range of social, interactional and communication skills essential to living well in the wider community.

During the course of the eight sessions the participants developed performance pieces around a variety of genres, as individuals and in small and/or large groups to be performed to an invited audience, including potential funders, in March 2017.

The purpose of this performance/sharing will be to demonstrate to the audience the importance and value of the peer mentor and advocacy support group engaging in participant-centred activities provided by the programme in conjunction with third party providers.