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Autobiographical Solo Show About Homelessness and Mental Health Comes to Arcola Outside

Using Nell's signature blend of whimsy and intensity, her solo show NoMad based on her own lived experiences is a poetic, dizzying journey through the dissociated mind.

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Autobiographical Solo Show About Homelessness and Mental Health Comes to Arcola Outside Image

There's a bed for me in a psychiatric ward.

So no, they can't tick the box for homeless.

I've been ready for discharge for months.

So no, they can't tick the box for madness, either.

No, I'm not mad.

No. I'm not mad.

And they don't have a box to tick for a NoMad.

Using Nell's signature blend of whimsy and intensity, her solo show NoMad based on her own lived experiences is a poetic, dizzying journey through the dissociated mind of one woman who has fallen through society's cracks too many times.

With devastating authenticity, disarming humour and, ultimately, hope, the show demands the question: who gets to decide what madness is in a society that treats people like this?

NoMad

Written and performed by Nell Hardy

Directed by Sandra Preciado

Designed by Anna Reid

Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th October, 6:30pm

Arcola Outside

as part of 'Today I'm Wiser' festival

To book tickets, visit https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/nomad/.





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