16 Aug 2016

What does mental illness mean to you?

4:51 pm on 16 August 2016

Wellington theatre group Women Aren’t Wolves last year interviewed more than 30 people about their experiences with mental illness.

The result is WELL - a collection of monologues (performed by actors) that explores “what it means to be well, from un-well perspectives”. The show starts it's second season in Wellington tonight.

We invited Women Aren’t Wolves to have some of the monologues recorded on video. Here’s the first:

 

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