All In Your Head

About

All In Your Head is a one woman show which premiered online on Valentines Day 2021 to an audience of over 350 households.

It received a 4 star review in inews and was featured on BBCLondon.

The project, created and directed by Lucy Dear and written by Safaa Benson - Effiom brings real women's accounts of domestic abuse to the public consciousness and was created to raise awareness and encourage conversations on domestic abuse and coercive control.

The piece is designed to be performed alongside post show workshops and panel discussions.

The creative team are currently working towards live theatre performances of the piece, and working with survivor groups at Southall Black Sisters on the themes of the show.

You can access free support pack here

You can read about our ongoing work with communities here

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Our workshops

'I would definitely recommend this project to other organisations. This creative wellbeing project provides new and engaging ways for survivors to understand the dynamics of abuse and to consider healthy and unhealthy relationships. The facilitators are absolutely brilliant in delivering the course content as well as creative a safe and supportive environment.' -

Senior Therapeutic Marketplace and Group Coordinator at Solace Women's Aid

'This project was fantastic to be a part of and I am very glad I was able to be involved. It was great to see the positive impact it had on service users in allowing them to openly discuss what they’ve experienced in a safe environment with others who understand.' - Group Support Worker at Solace Women's Aid

"I feel great after the workshop. what was discussed that day gave me courage." - survivor on Southall Black Sisters project

"I learned important information about toxic behaviour patterns and that what may appear as normal on the outset doesn't always have to be so." survivor on Southall Black Sisters project

"I liked the fact that we were made to feel like we were all part of a big group and not alone in what we'd gone through." survivor on Southall Black Sisters project

Introductory workshop

Up to 2 hours of delivery led by members of the All In Your Head creative team
A introduction to the project and the process by members of the creative team
Excerpts of live/recorded performance
A facilitated discussion in response to the themes of the show
A Q&A with the creative team
All planning and resources included
Access to the All In Your Head Support Pack

Full day workshop

6 hours of delivery with members of the All In Your Head creative team
A introduction to the project and its process
Access to the full online performance and post show panel discussion from February 14^th 2021
A facilitated discussion with the All In Your Head team on the themes of the show
Drama exercises facilitated by the creative team with participants unpicking themes of the show – exploring power and control and how it can show up in relationships encouraging conversation, discussion and support
A Q&A with the creative team
All planning and resources included
Access to All In Your Head support pack

6 week package – Drama and Wellbeing

This programme will explore themes of All In Your Head, Coercive Control and Domestic abuse in depth with the creative team.

The focus of each week can be tailored to the participant group, suggested focus' below:

Early warning signs – what do they look like and how can we spot them?
Power and control in relationships – how does it show up?
Women are/Men are – An exploration of gender roles in relationships
Support – how to support others – and where we can go for support?
Self love - what does it mean and why is it important?
I am…. creative arts session: participants are encouraged to write, perform and express themselves creatively through a range of art forms in response to All In Your Head and its themes culminating in a sharing of their work to mark the end of the 6 week programme.

This package also includes:

A introduction to the project and the process by members of the creative team
Access to view the full recorded performance and post show panel discussion
Access to script excerpts for use in workshop
A facilitated discussion with the All In Your Head team on the themes of the show
Drama exercises facilitated by the creative team with participants unpicking themes of the show – exploring gender roles and power and control in relationships encouraging conversation and discussion
A Q&A with the creative team
All planning and resources included
Access to All In Your Head support pack

Contact

for more information or general enquiries contact us at: info@lucydear.com

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