Half Way 'Round the Bend
How I Lost My Mind & Found It Under The Kitchen Table
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Lived, Written & Performed by Dan Hagley
An unflinchingly honest and cheerfully anarchic fusion of contemporary writing and stand-up comedy that explores what it really means to live, work and thrive with mental illness.
Funny, sad and poignant…”
Dr Steve Ball, Producer SHOUT Festival
Price
From £12
Written by
Dan Hagley
Directed by
Alison Belbin
Running time
70 minutes with no interval
Age Guidance
16+
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Please note the show contains some strong language and
adult/mental health themes.
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Creative Team
Writer/Performer
Dan Hagley
Dan Hagley
Is the bald bloke on the poster.
He has been knocking around showbiz for over 20 years. During this time, he has worked with some absolute legends and a couple of snotty horrors. He has performed at loads of theatres you will have heard of in lots of plays that you probably won’t have.
He has appeared in many BBC Radio Plays including the lead role of Malcolm Holmes in the cult sci-fi series Project Raphael and its sequel Project Archangel. He spent several years as a regular on The Archers for Radio 4 playing the hapless Darrell Makepeace. This role led to him receiving his first piece of hate mail, which was nice. He pops up on the telly every now and again and his recent credits include Doctors, Citizen Khan, Holby City and The Capture.
He recently played the role of Keith in the new Russell T Davies series Nolly opposite Helena Bonham Carter.
He was Artistic Director of Something & Nothing for five years. He has been writer on attachment to Birmingham Rep and has been part of several BBC Talent Development Projects. His writing credits include The Dinner Lady, Miriam On 34th Street, Betty, Beautiful Boy, The Sensational Miss Cordelia and the sell out hit Patrick & Bernadine which toured four times. He is now attempting to flog it as a sit-com.
His first short film Down To Earth has recently been nominated for two awards at Birmingham Film Festival including Best Short film.
He started writing this show as a therapy exercise with absolutely no intention of ever sharing it with anyone. He’s still not 100% convinced doing so is a good idea… but it’s a bit late now!
Director
Alison Belbin
Alison Belbin
Alison graduated with a BA Hons in Drama & Theatre Arts from Birmingham University in 1983.
She has worked in theatre and non-theatre contexts as a performer, deviser/writer, director over the last 40 years. Companies include Birmingham Rep, Women & Theatre, Sante, Hearth, Foursight, Red Ladder, Moving Hands, Theatre Centre, Moby Duck, Pentabus, Big Brum, Bold Text, The Playhouse, Other Way Works, Tea and Tenacity, Something and Nothing and Cheltenham Everyman. As a workshop leader she has worked in schools, residential and community settings, mental health settings and probation.
TV experience includes Maggie in ‘Doctors’ (BBC), ‘The Cure’ (Channel 4) and ‘Switch’ (BBC). She has been in many radio plays and won a Norman Beaton Fellowship in 2016 leading to a 6 month contract with BBC’s Radio Drama Company where her credits included Mrs Morland in ‘Northanger Abbey’ and Dolly in ’Clare in the Community’. She plays Beverley Hanson in ‘The Archers’.
Movement
Natalie Mason
Natalie Mason
Natalie is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist with the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy UK (ADMP UK).
Natalie works in various settings, facilitating both dance movement psychotherapy sessions and dance classes. She creates a safe and non-judgmental space, in which the body’s movement and dance is used to explore, support and enhance the wellbeing of all. Natalie believes movement and dance are universal languages in which all ages and abilities can engage with.
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