Brighton's fabulous New Note Orchestra is 10 this year! There's a bumper feature in our latest issue here: recovery-arts.org/performing-r... New Note are performing on 20th November as part of Forests Without Frontiers "Enchanting Forest" Book tickets for that here: brightondome.org/whats-on/LuR...

This Sunday is the brilliant Sober IS Fun at Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green, East London. www.designmynight.com/london/bars/... Raising funds for Forward Trust the comedy club's founder Martyn Davies talks to @leonclowes.bsky.social in our latest magazine: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

📣Opportunity: CoMA Trustee Help shape our vision as the UK’s charity for joyful new music-making! We are looking for a passionate and inspiring Trustee to join CoMA’s Board. This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the new music landscape of the UK. www.coma.org/opportunity-...

Friends, can I ask a favour? Could you click on the like button on this page so I might make the shortlist? Takes less than five seconds, thank you in advance: walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece...

Issue 12 has landed! Our twelfth step… In this issue: Fallen Angels Dance Theatre @drdavidpatton.bsky.social Speakbeat Collective Sober IS Fun Jem Tovey Ameet Shah New Note Orchestra Daniel Leyton READ HERE: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

I'm delighted to be doing a talk and performance as part of this @walklistencreate.org event on 28th October. Book yourself a free ticket: walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

To hear about what's happening in addiction recovery arts, subscribe to @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine. Our next issue is out later this month. Subscribe on Patreon for free - or pay what you can: www.patreon.com/c/Performing... Read previous issues: recovery-arts.org/performing-r...

National Recovery Month concludes today. Here, we highlight what our friends at Outside Edge Theatre Company do every week, and to our directory of addiction recovery arts organisations in the UK and beyond. There's so much going on throughout the year! Take a look at our website: recovery-arts.org

So, THIS is exciting. I made a programme for Radio 4 and it goes out next week. Don't fret - there will be SEVERAL reminders forthcoming - and a list as long as your arm of people to thank. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Recovery arts isn’t just for September. Got an event, workshop, or project? Comment, DM, or contact us: recovery-arts.org/contact/ We’ll amplify it in our newsletter + magazine.

Two great events are happening at the end of this National Recovery Month: Sun 28th Sep: Sober Is Fun's Comedy Night in Liverpool's Brink Cafe, doors 6pm, starts at 7pm Tues 30th Sep: @porecovery.bsky.social's African Objects: Psychoactives, Spirituality & Mental Health at Manchester Museum, 6-8pm

Good People of Manchester! Come see me at @contactmcr.bsky.social this Saturday afternoon for Word of Warning's Emergency 25. I'll be giving alcoholic misfortune tellings between 12-4pm on the first floor landing. See you there Xx

As we draw towards the end of National Recovery Month, Recoverists will gather in Manchester this Thursday 25th September for @porecovery.bsky.social's National Chaordic Symposium at The Whitworth Art Gallery. Information about the event can be found here: portraitsofrecovery.org.uk/whats-on/the...

Hello. I've made a new audio piece that's going to be in this exhibition in Soho on 4th and 5th October. Would love it if you came along (and let's coordinate if you are coming!) thanks x www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chemtrail-...

Upcoming events in National Recovery Month: 19th: The Post Recovery Community's rave 22nd: Oscar Wyndham Lewis & @porecovery.bsky.social animated film 23rd: New Note Orchestra & @lporchestra.bsky.social concert 25th: Tracey Ford's book launch See our guide here: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Opening today (Weds 10 Sep) is "Your City, Your Recovery", Revival Network's art exhibition at Newcastle Cathedral. On Sat 13th Sep, the UK Recovery Walk is in Wolverhampton organised by @suitwolves.bsky.social. Here's our guide to National Recovery month events: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Also this weekend .... This weekend from @porecovery.bsky.social and @venturearts.bsky.social, Will Belshah's Artefacts of Interaction exhibition opens at HOME Mcr ....and LOST SOULS EVENTS are at the Exhibit Bar in Balham. Our recovery month guide is here: recovery-arts.org/.../recovery...

Tonight in Winchester the latest Loud & Clear sober party is happening! See here for our guide to events on across the UK during Recovery Month: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

I've got an exciting collaboration underway with Sarah Archdeacon to make an audio version of her brilliant show "Washing Machine Vortex". loureviews.blog/2025/09/03/l... via @loureviewsblog.bsky.social She's doing two performances at @lambethfringe.bsky.social, I'm going on the Thursday, come see!

There's a Sober Comedy night upcoming in Liverpool in National Recovery Month. Sober IS Fun founder Martyn Davies talks to @leonclowes.bsky.social here: recovery-arts.org/2025/09/03/s...

Tomorrow (Wednesday 3rd September) is the Post Recovery Community Chester West & Chester Recovery Walk, starting at 10am. You can find details about how to join that here: www.thepostchester.com/chester Here is our UK guide to events in National Recovery Month: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Happy National Recovery Month! This week @geesetheatre.bsky.social's 3-day intensive training course "The Other Side of the Wall" begins. For more information click here: www.geese.co.uk/what-we-do/t... Here's our UK-wide events guide for National Recovery Month: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Kicking off National Recovery Month, starting online tomorrow is "Sober Scribbles", a 6 week introduction to playwriting course with Helen Jeffrey. Book today to ensure your place www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introdu... Our National Recovery Month Events Guide in full recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

Ahead of September's Recovery Month - arts pioneers @porecovery.bsky.social already have two Recoverist exhibitions underway in Manchester, and - Brighton's Cascade Creative Recovery has an Overdose Awareness Day this Sunday Here's our UK guide for the month ahead recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

September is Recovery Month! Our new guide tells you about events across the country. Includes: @porecovery.bsky.social @geesetheatre.bsky.social @suitwolves.bsky.social @lporchestra.bsky.social @recoveryfilms.bsky.social @leonclowes.bsky.social READ HERE: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

I had the honour of being commissioned to create a sonic piece out of the recent Manifesto Press launch at the Marx Memorial Library of their stunning new book: Hans Hess 'Art and Ideology'. Thank you Ben Lunn for the introduction :) Here is the result... soundcloud.com/leonclowes/m...

One not to miss! This September, the brilliant Sober Is Fun team are heading to The Brink Liverpool in support of the Taking Action on Addiction campaign for The Forward Trust. Book your tickets now!

Only 2 weeks left to see The White Chip. We have LIMITED FREE tickets for those who can’t afford to attend otherwise! Email [email protected] with: 👉 Number of tickets needed 👉 Preferred date/time 👉 Your email for ticket delivery The show closes on August 16th! #TheWhiteChip

Thrilled to have my poetic response to the play The White Chip in the latest issue of Performing Recovery. Go and see the play at @swkplay.bsky.social if you can! @performingrecovery.bsky.social

We're huge fans of The White Chip at @swkplay.bsky.social. Our latest issue (recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...) features playwright @seandaniels.bsky.social, lead actor Ed Coleman and a poetic response from @wedossett.bsky.social. Book to see the play here southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...

Today (Sun 13 July) is the final day of #AlcoholAwarenessWeek – and it's also the last chance to grab The White Chip tickets for just £22 at Southwark Playhouse Borough. The play runs until 16 Aug. Use code AWARE22 at checkout: southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/... @swkplay.bsky.social

In time for The White Chip UK’s first preview, our latest edition is out now!

We have a special offer for our @performingrecovery.bsky.social followers. We are partners on what promises to be a thrilling, hilarious and heartbreaking theatre production about alcohol recovery. If you stick around after I’ll be doing Alcoholic Misfortune Tellings with my special tarot. X

TOMORROW (Tuesday 10th June) AT 5PM ON ZOOM: Get the inside track and top tips from filmmakers and judges for the Recovery Street Film Festival. Join Maddie Kitchen and Lisa Selby talking and taking questions on making entries for the competition. Sign up here to join buytickets.at/addictionrec...

this is going to be a splendid evening, hope you can join us!

On Thur 26 June there is a free day of workshops and performances open to adults in recovery from addiction and with mental health challenges in Merseyside This will take place at @liveveryplay.bsky.social (5–11 Hope St, L1 9BH) @zoezontou.bsky.social Booking: everymanplayhouse.com/join-in/comm...

UPCOMING EVENT Creative Healing in Focus: Inside the 2025 Recovery Street Film Festival – a free online seminar for people considering applying to @recoveryfilms.bsky.social 🗓️ Tues 10 June, 5–6pm 🎤 With Maddie Kitchen FRSA (Sobriety Films UK) & Lisa Selby 🎟️ Tickets: buytickets.at/addictionrec...

TOMORROW I’ll be sharing new artswork-in-progress "Absent Fathers" at Arts and Health Hub's Peer Group session alongside the brilliant artist Brooke Leigh. I welcome honest exchange, practice-sharing & feedback. I'd love to see you there. Book: www.artsandhealthhub.org/events/pg-ma...

New podcast out today: @seandaniels.bsky.social talks with Lucy Rocca (Soberistas founder) about the @swkplay.bsky.social run of The White Chip & debunks myths about alcohol, including the fantasy that it fuels creativity. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4eW2... 🎟️ southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...

This week, this is happening: cryptgallery.org/event/crypt-... it's non-stop I tell you. Thank you The Crypt Gallery in St Pancras. Drop in if you're about - 10 til 6 Weds, Thurs, Fri 21-23rd May x

This piece was collaged out of recordings I made of Kate Gallaher playing her tenor recorder in the forest beside her home in Sussex. It's a response to this week's @naviarrecords.bsky.social haiku music challenge. soundcloud.com/leonclowes/t...

Deidre Kashdan's The Missing Project will be in The Front Room of The Beaney Museum in Canterbury from Saturday 12 July until Sunday 7 September. One not to miss. Read an interview with Deirdre in our "Affected Others" issue: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

🎭 Performing Recovery presents our next networking webinar: Matt Ryan, director of The White Chip UK, in conversation with Molly Mathieson of New Note Orchestra. 🗓️ Thursday 22 May 🕔 5–6.30pm 🎟️ Book a ticket now www.tickettailor.com/events/addic... With thanks to Tarento Productions for the support.

Take a listen to this great @joinclubsoda podcast conversation with The White Chip's playwright @seandaniels.bsky.social. Club Soda and Everleaf drinks are partners on the London UK premiere of the play which runs at @swkplay.bsky.social 9 July - 16 August. open.spotify.com/episode/4igv...

Thanks so much to Praise Jourdain and David Collins for letting me interview them both. Our latest issue is out now!

Thanks so much to Praise Jourdain and David Collins for letting me interview them both. Our latest issue is out now!

We might win an award tomorrow! Good luck to everyone in the runnning and huge thanks to the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance for shortlisting us. You can tune into the online award ceremony for free. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chwa-award...

Theatre maker @seandaniels.bsky.social spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative last Autumn about how the arts are critical in supporting recovery and his speech is now available to watch: youtu.be/HagjNVt36hU?...

Thanks to the kind souls of @volcanotheatre.bsky.social, as part of their THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 2025 season, I'll be developing a show called The Alcoholic's Tarot in Swansea which you can come see 8th-10th May. Would love if you can make it along! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/swa...