Have you ever struggled to respond to the question 'how are you?'

[Kim-NRAS]

NRAS is pleased to make you aware of the following opportunity, please get in touch directly with Laura if you wish to be involved:

The How Are You Project is a participatory theatre project that interrogates the everyday question of "how are you?" for people with non-visible disabilities and chronic illness; the many ‘versions' of response we give to that question, constantly navigating the who, what, whys and hows! Responding to that question was a particularly problematic area for me around the time of my MS diagnosis - this has been the starting point for The How Are You Project.

- “The How Are You Project” runs as short, one to one workshop sessions on Zoom.

- The project is a safe and supportive space to creatively explore how we navigate answering “how are you?”

- Participants (and facilitator) include people with a wide range of non-visible disabilities.

- The project is founded and facilitated by Laura Rees, previously an actor for 20 years in London’s West-End, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Royal National theatre, BBC, ITV.

- The project is funded by the Arts Council of England. This is the development stage for creating a verbatim performance that will share the project testimonies (with permission from participants).

- For more detailed information or to share your interest please contact Laura at [e-mail]

[sylvi]

It sounds like a good idea darling well done. xxx

[LinaM]

Sounds very interesting . I wish people would stop asking that question though . So I hope one of the responses is “ please don’t ask that …. It’s insensitive and downright annoying “ ( I fantasise about saying that lol)

[Hidden]

Good idea. I try to ask: 'How are you managing lately? or 'how has your day/week been?' so that the door is open if people want to talk in general or mention their health condition. I literally grit my teeth if someone's asks: 'Are you feeling better?!!'...Better?! 🤯 ☺ Take care, all 💓 xx

[Whitegate]

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