A practical workshop exploration on Resilience, Relationship & Return through poetry and storytelling with poet David Gilbert and creative collaborators Lila Palmer & Rose M Hall. The day will wrap up with an informal showing of works from 2-3pm created in the session and a musical happening in which workshop participants are encouraged to take part. Resilience, Relationship & Return is a pilot for a larger performance and series of workshops based on the modern fable ‘The Jewel Merchants’ by David Gilbert, a narrative based critical reflection on patient or client involvement.

This workshop forms part of the event programme for Bethlem Gallery's current exhibition It's how well you bounce

If you'd like to just view the showing of Resilience, Relationship & Return from 2pm-3pm then click here to book your free ticket.

Concession tickets are available for SLaM Service users, people over 60, students, people on jobseekers allowance and people registered as disabled. Assistants for people registered as disabled go free. For a paid event, we regret that tickets cannot be refunded unless the event is cancelled.

Rose & Lila are a pair of bolshy twenty-thirty something creatives who make new music theatre together and other things separately. Rose is from London & Lila is from Yorkshire. They like good stories, cackling loudly and telling awkward anecdotes. You can see some of their work together here: www.deadequal.com.

David is a mental health practitioner, service user and poet who thinks the arts seem more fun than the NHS, and is their newest superfan. You can read David’s blog here: https://futurepatientblog.com/2017/01/27/the-jewel-merchants-a-parable-for-healthcare/ and buy his poetry collection from Cinnamon Press in January 2018.