A Pint Sized Conversation
'...you could well find yourself buying them a drink’- The PRSD
“This summer, she comes to my door and tells me she’s been diagnosed with depression and I think to myself –
not this again”
My friend.
My sister.
My step dad.
A piece about mental health and offering support.
About not getting it right all of the time.
But trying.
This project has been supported by National Lottery Funding made available through Arts Council England. www.artscouncil.org.uk
Production photography: Steve Tanner. Promotional photography: Matt Austin.
Production photography: Steve Tanner. Promotional photography: Matt Austin.
'Powerful and enlightening'
Rethink Mental Illness
'The subject matter may appear dense for some and suggests a dark and dreary work would follow. However A Pint Sized Conversation is absolutely not that. It is witty, clever, anecdotal and real, not to mention enthusiastically uplifting'
Ask The Ushers
'Innovative and highly effective'
Razz Mag
'Stories are told with clear emotion, with a sense of absolute honesty; it feels less like theatre and more like a protest, a prayer or a confession. There is absolutely no artistic gloss at these points, and it is blisteringly painful to hear and to recognise the ubiquity of suffering in this particular field. It is totally human, and raw, and urgently, desperately necessary'
Upper Circle
'Curtains are pulled open and walls dissolved as we’re invited... to share in a very real experience. Nothing is filtered out, even the stuff that’s hard to talk about. Every one of the ensemble articulates themselves wonderfully'
Exeunt
'Angry but uplifting; powerless but empowering, sad, but ultimately upbeat; defiant...
you could well find yourself buying them a drink’-
The PRSD
'It’s one of the most informative, effective and inventive pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen'
London Theatre 1
'you'll leave feeling uplifted, entertained and illuminated'
The Peg
Rethink Mental Illness
'The subject matter may appear dense for some and suggests a dark and dreary work would follow. However A Pint Sized Conversation is absolutely not that. It is witty, clever, anecdotal and real, not to mention enthusiastically uplifting'
Ask The Ushers
'Innovative and highly effective'
Razz Mag
'Stories are told with clear emotion, with a sense of absolute honesty; it feels less like theatre and more like a protest, a prayer or a confession. There is absolutely no artistic gloss at these points, and it is blisteringly painful to hear and to recognise the ubiquity of suffering in this particular field. It is totally human, and raw, and urgently, desperately necessary'
Upper Circle
'Curtains are pulled open and walls dissolved as we’re invited... to share in a very real experience. Nothing is filtered out, even the stuff that’s hard to talk about. Every one of the ensemble articulates themselves wonderfully'
Exeunt
'Angry but uplifting; powerless but empowering, sad, but ultimately upbeat; defiant...
you could well find yourself buying them a drink’-
The PRSD
'It’s one of the most informative, effective and inventive pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen'
London Theatre 1
'you'll leave feeling uplifted, entertained and illuminated'
The Peg
Audience Response:
'a really powerful display of encouragement and support'
'informative, heartbreaking and funny'
'touches the soul'
'I don't think I can really put into words how powerful, emotional and compelling the production was'
'Since a trip to the pub is already worth a trip to the pub, to take in A Pint Sized Conversation if and when you can seems a no-brainer.'
'a really powerful display of encouragement and support'
'informative, heartbreaking and funny'
'touches the soul'
'I don't think I can really put into words how powerful, emotional and compelling the production was'
'Since a trip to the pub is already worth a trip to the pub, to take in A Pint Sized Conversation if and when you can seems a no-brainer.'