Working in collaboration with mental health experts and charities, Stacey talks to young people across the UK directly affected by mental health issues, and helps tell their stories responsibly, in order to shine a light on life on the mental health frontline and give a voice to young people throughout the UK who are living with mental health conditions across the spectrum.Īs well as hearing about their experiences directly, Stacey speaks to medical experts, counsellors, campaigners and health practitioners who can give detailed insights into the conditions profiled and explore the environmental factors that play a part – including poverty, addiction, identity, pressures of social media and the impact of Covid-19. Adam Bede Turns out somebody made Adam Bede into a silent film back in the day. In this book, Stacey Dooley opens up the conversation about mental health in young people, to challenge the stigma and stereotypes around it. It has always been the common thread.Įvery week, 1 in 10 young people in the UK experiences symptoms of a common mental health problem, such as anxiety or depression, and 1 in 5 have considered taking their own life at some point. Tickets are £7 for Bedworth and Nuneaton, and £8 for Coventry and more details are available on 024 7661 9126.I’ve been fortunate enough to meet many remarkable people over the last decade of making documentaries – sometimes in incredibly hostile environments, where they ‘ ve been really up against it – and I ‘ ve seen the devastating effect that poverty, trauma, violence, abuse, stigma, stress, prejudice and discrimination can have on people ‘ s mental health. The play, directed by Simon WN Winterman, goes ahead at 7.30pm at each venue. It is fascinating to consider how Eliot’s familial connection to the Methodist movement, and her considerations of religion in general, shaped her fictional portrayal of Methodism. “I am delighted also to thank the local Community Fund which has provided money for its staging.” The works of George Eliot, particularly her first full novel Adam Bede, offer instead a rather sympathetic portrayal of Methodism. George Eliot Fellowship chairman John Burton said: “I have been thrilled to watch the students in rehearsal as they begin to get into the character of their parts and then bring their skills to show this amazing story to an audience. The students have been going through their lines in sessions at lunchtimes, after school hours and during weekends, to prepare for three performances, at Bedworth Arts Centre on Friday, October 16, Nuneaton Arts Centre the following night and St Mary’s Hall, Coventry, on October 22. It has been specially adapted by teacher Vivienne Wood as part of an anniversary commemoration. They are in the cast for a production of Adam Bede, which was written by Mary Ann Evans, under the pseudonym of George Eliot, and published 150 years ago.
SIXTH formers at Nuneaton’s King Edward VI College have been busy rehearsing for a play in celebration of the town’s most famous daughter.
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