Two old men escape from a care home and go to a metal festival.
Cyril doesn’t like old people, which is a shame because he is one. When he learns his estranged granddaughter, Lily, has her big break with her thrash metal band, Abscess, he and his friend Neville are determined to show up and support her. Neither of them will ever be the same again.
“Screamingly funny, with just the right seasoning of compassion.” UMFM
“Very smart and funny… AWOL delivers on its premise.” Post Horn
“A funny, imaginative show with an important underlying message… a delight.” Orlando Weekly
Poems drawn from Rob's experiences as a nurse, inpatient and writer in healthcare settings.
“Brimming with anarchistic joy... yet behind everything is a big heart. It's typical Gee: combining gleeful subversiveness with poignant observations about the human condition.” Victoria Times
“Inspirational... thought-provoking, humbling and hilarious.” Mind Share, South Australia
“This is a man who stared into the abyss and saw it wink back at him.” The Ubyssey, Canada
Jim’s wife, a patient on a dementia ward, has died from what appears to be natural causes. Jim is a retired police detective and he smells a rat. He’s determined to solve one last murder. The problem is he also has dementia. It’s a case worthy of the greatest detective mind. But his will have to do.
“Hilarious and heartbreaking." Victoria Times
"A comedy, meditation on human dignity and at its heart, a love story… remarkable.” Orlando Sentinel
“A disturbing masterpiece.” Gig City, Alberta
Includes training pack for healthcare staff, live audio CD and Soundcloud code
Escaped mental health patient Kevin Haggerty is not pleased about his diagnosis, even less pleased about being on a section of the Mental Health Act, and distinctly upset about being told he is not the reincarnation of the pharaoh Ramses II. On his way to Egypt, via the Tesco Express, he stumbles across the nemesis to all his plans: Millie – a lost six-year-old. Together they embark on a journey that will change both their lives forever.
“A mind-roasting bipolar joyride… moving, funny, deeply human.” Victoria Times
"Delightful... Gee finds humor and heart among the humanity." Orlando Sentinel
"Brilliantly portrayed... anyone with experience of the mental health system will be able to relate to this." The Clothesline, Adelaide
Includes original six-part story ‘Icarus Dancing’, live audio CD and Soundcloud code
Since 2007 the Comedy Asylum has been a unique platform for people with mental health conditions to develop and showcase their creative abilities. This is a collection of some of our favourite sketches, poems and songs.
Includes 'Cannibal Come Dine With Me', 'Everyone Needs a Disco Ball', 'Constipated Kylie' and 'Monty Python's Question Time'.
All proceeds go to BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health
Mantle Lane Press. 57 pages with colour photographs.
"I didn't come here for a good time. I came here because I have a leg off. If I had both legs I'd still be in Whitwick."
Rob spent several weeks wandering around Castle Donington in Leicestershire, acosting unsuspecting residents in order to gather their impressions of the town, their memories and anecdotes, and their feelings about the place they call home.
Includes photographs by Linda Young and historic images provided by Castle Donington Museum and local residents.
Mantle Lane Press. 47 pages with colour photographs.
"There's no central point; no church or steeple. Moira's heart is in its people."
Rob spent several weeks wandering around the village of Moira in Leicestershire, talking to residents, gathering their stories, hopes and fears, and regurgitating them in poetic form for this publication.
Includes photographs by Linda Young and historic images provided by Moira Replan and local residents.
Over a two year window, Rob went into a variety of inpatient mental health settings around Nottingham, Northampton, Kettering and Leicester to compose group poems. He would act as scribe, while people in the room contributed ideas, jokes, lines and rhymes. This book is a selection of those poems.
Featuring poems from inpatients in acute, elderly, forensic, psychiatric intensive care, child/adolescent, eating disorders, learning disability, and rehabilitation/supported care settings.
Includes artwork created by BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health workshop participants via a series of workshops facilitated by Scott Bridgwood.
All proceeds go to BrightSparks Arts and Mental Health.
Bob the Spot lives on someone’s bum, Mr Bean is a plastic surgeon and Peppa Pig's dad is a nurse in his spare time. A selection of group poems written with and for children, inspired by objects found in the vaults of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).
Includes artwork created by participants in workshops facilitated by Scott Bridgwood as part of the Y Heritage Project.
