Using theatre and live performance as a vessel to explore and tackle the stigma surrounding mental health.

Express your interest here to be part of our 2026 – 2027 project: Walk and Talk.

Walk and Talk invites locals who have experienced mental health challenges to connect and create through the exploration of Hackney’s green spaces.

Each guided walk (1 hour) around the borough will be followed by a creative writing session (1 hour 30 minutes) at Arcola Theatre providing space for storytelling and reflection.

Through these sessions, a short play will be developed and performed as part of our Participation Festival in March – April 2027. Rehearsals for this performance will begin in the second phase of the project in January 2027.

Walk and Talk takes place on:

Saturday 10 October: 10am – 1pm

Saturday 14 November: 10am – 1pm

Saturday 5 December: 10am – 1pm

Saturday 9 January: 10am – 1pm