Our Artistic Director, Simon Magnus, reflects on the end of and era and a new beginning.
For the last 13 years Root Experience has been my passion; a fundamental part of who I am. It was the place I found…
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Simon Magnus
There are days where I don’t want to be seen. On these days I find people frightening. They have the power to lie, hurt, harm, abandon, to kill and be killed, to die.
I believe that, in spite of needing help for various reasons, learning disabilities and mental health problems should not be seen as a hindrance. They give us traits that can be utilised.
You feel like giving up. Because it will not go away. A lifetime of illness that's what they say.
I didn’t know what to do, I was in so much emotional pain that I didn’t want to go on living but at the same time I was too afraid to die.
"It was scary not understanding what was wrong and having little hope. It took years of fighting to be heard and many doctors visits. Fighting is hard when you feel ill. But I know I am not alone.
Our artistic director Simon explores his recent experience of back and hip pain while working on the charity’s project about invisible conditions. He asks whether the medical treatment we receive really gets to the root of the problem...
Our challenging and thought-provoking exploration of what it is to live with a hidden disability is really starting to take some shape – and we're ready to share it with the world, with an exhibition at Brighton Dome next week: The Hubbub.
I know when I come up against stigma, it’s not because I am not smart or funny or engaging. It’s because people don’t understand dyslexia. They don’t know how limiting it can be and don’t appreciate how a simple change in a process can mean all the difference to me...
And the challenges of truly & honestly reflecting participant’s creativity within the confines of an arts council funded project...
Interactive theatre doesn’t just help keep kids positively engaged for a few hours – it opens the door to a lifetime of curiosity and learning.
Something magical happened at our Project: Oggbots show for families this autumn half term. And we’re not talking about alien spaceships...
Shortly after the referendum I wrote a blog post about the division that was appearing across the country and proposed a project to address this.
The idea was Brexhut, a tourable conversation space for people of different opinions to sit together and find out what they have in common...