A positive breathing space: Participatory theatre at a psychiatric ward in Stockholm

Abstract

In this personal essay, applied theatre practitioner Emma Lundenmark provides information about and reflections on an ongoing participatory theatre project that Scen Totalnormal (Stage Totally Normal) is facilitating at a psychiatric ward in a hospital in Stockholm.

Keywords

• participatory theatre
• creativity
• wellbeing
• mental health
• psychosis
• psychiatry