About the series
Join us for a series of expert-led workshops to support actors and stage management professionals in building skills for improved mental health and sustainable creative practice. The sessions are facilitated by experienced practitioners who regularly work with performing artists.
Each of the six sessions focuses on a specific challenge, practical techniques for self-care, and support strategies. Each session works as a one-off or you can join all six.
Best of all, these workshops will be held online, so you can join from the comfort of your own home (and feel free to have your camera on or off as you prefer!).
Boundaries, Safety & Disclosure
Vocal Health
Managing Highs & Lows
ADHD & Neurodiversity
Coping With Rejection
Caring Responsibilities
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ADHD and Neurodiversity
People with neurodivergent traits (diagnosed and undiagnosed) can find themselves with challenges at work. Without support and understanding, it can be hard to communicate your needs. And if the people around you don’t understand your approach, you can feel lost and isolated.
This session of the Wellbeing Series presented by Actors’ Trust and BAPAM will explore how actors and stage management professionals can better understand their own and others needs at work when it comes to ADHD and neurodiversity.
Vocal health and performance coach Lucy Heyman will guide us in this session for actors and stage management professionals.
Topics covered include:
- Understanding ADHD and neurodiversity
- Navigating creative careers as a neurodivergent person
- Support, strategies and shared experiences
- Space for reflection and questions
Facilitator: Lucy Heyman
Lucy Heyman is a vocal and performance coach, researcher and lecturer. She is the co-author (with Rhian Jones) of industry-funded musicians’ health and performance manual, Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music.
Lucy’s PhD research at the Royal College of Music focuses on the health and wellbeing support of popular musicians, and she presents her original work at international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.
In 2018 she founded musicians’ health and performance consultancy, Elevate Music, working with artists, music industry organisations and charities. She also hosts the health-focused Elevate Music Podcast in partnership with Help Musicians, with guests including Imogen Heap, Dodie, Shaun Ryder, Nina Nesbitt and more.
Lucy holds a MSc in Performance Science from the Royal College of Music and a BA in Music from Bristol University. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Actors’ Trust
The entertainment industry can be a collaborative, creative and exciting one, but it can, at times, be isolating and insecure. Actors’ Trust (which used to be known as the Actors’ Benevolent Fund) is here to provide a place of community and support for actors and stage management through our range of grants and wellbeing services.
We’ve been supporting industry professionals across sound, stage and screen since 1882. Today, we continue to make the greatest possible difference to a community that brings so much meaning and inspiration to others.
Whether you are in need of help or would like to support us, we are here and would love to hear from you.
Find out more or follow us on Instagram @actorstrust
BAPAM
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) is the largest provider of clinical services to the UK’s performing arts sector, working with actors, music creators, performers, production professionals, dancers and other creative practitioners. The charity provides free, bespoke clinical advice and care from expert clinicians in a range of disciplines, responding to requests for help with mental health, musculoskeletal care, vocal health, hearing concerns and some eye care and dental health issues. With expertise gained in evidence-based practice and research in the field, BAPAM’s free workshops and online resources share knowledge and skills to support good health and sustainable creative careers.
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