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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Budding playwright alert! Helen Jeffery's Sober Scribbles 6 week online' Intro to Playwriting' course starts 15 April. All details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introdu...

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An Introduction to Playwriting - starts April 2026

Facilitated by writer, Helen Jeffery, this 6 week ONLINE course is aimed at those who are NEW to writing for stage.

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leon clowes @leonclowes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Available on YouTube now is a conversation I had with artist Frida Foberg, curator of The Transformation Project at Arts Letters & Numbers. youtu.be/TTyhjzZUOf8 There's also en edited version of our conversation on the @performingrecovery.bsky.social website: recovery-arts.org/2026/01/12/t...

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Interview with curator Frida Foberg of Arts Letters & Numbers

YouTube video by Leon Clowes

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

All these artists and groups are vital parts of the addiction recovery arts movement. Appreciation to Chris Tait & Passenger Recovery, Victoria Klipova, Sophie Wilsdon & BDP & Fallen Angels Dance Theatre. Wishing you a great 2026! recovery-arts.org/2025/12/18/s... #recoveryarts #performingrecovery

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leon clowes @leonclowes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It’s been quite the year for us at @performingrecovery.bsky.social ! - and there’s MUCH more to come in 2026 :)) In the meantime our marvellous editor Alex Mazonowicz has again pulled a blinder with the seasonal special. Fill your boots here: recovery-arts.org/2025/12/18/s... MERRY CHRISTMAS XXX

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thanks to @seandaniels.bsky.social and Danielle Tarento, hundreds of people in recovery were brought together for the @swkplay.bsky.social production of The White Chip. Here's our seasonal special with contributions from people across the recovery arts sector: recovery-arts.org/2025/12/18/s...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

An edited version of @leonclowes.bsky.social's conversation with artist Laurie Green is available here: recovery-arts.org/.../a-neuroq... Our next magazine due February is a neurodiversity special. Subscribe to Performing Recovery for addiction recovery arts updates www.patreon.com/c/Performing...

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The opposite of addiction is creation

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The wonderful Fallen Angels Dance Theatre have two upcoming online workshops on 9th & 16th December. You can book for those here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/move-meditate-transform-online-workshop-tickets-1760730685879 You can read about their work in our latest issue: recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Film and theatre director Victoria Klipova talks to @performingrecovery.bsky.social's @leonclowes.bsky.social about how her addiction play "On Thin Ice" has connected with audiences in Russia. WATCH the interview here: youtu.be/iMHt4UCd1v4 READ the blog edit here: recovery-arts.org/2025/12/02/s...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Artist Paul James Kearney spoke to @performingrecovery.bsky.social's @leonclowes.bsky.social about his chemsex digital practice artworks. You can read the edited veresion on our blog here: recovery-arts.org/2025/11/28/h... And the full interview is available to watch here: youtu.be/zlyQoJAnAiY

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Hyperfocus and Vulnerability: Paul James Kearney interview

Paul James Kearney Galway city based contemporary painter by education and draughtsman by trade, Paul James Kearney combines these two disciplines in his digital practice. After seeing some of Paul’s…

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leon clowes @leonclowes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

After seeing Paul James Kearney's artswork at ImpulseLDN's shows at @queerbritain.bsky.social and in Soho, on behalf of @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine I spoke with the artist about how addiction, recovery and neurodivergence shape his practice. Full interview is here: youtu.be/zlyQoJAnAiY

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Interview with artist Paul James Kearney

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

In every @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine we publish poetry. In our latest issue - recovery-arts.org/pr-magazine/... - it's Ameet Shah's "It's time to be me" Are you in recovery and have poetry you'd like to share? Subscribe (it's free!) and get in touch: www.patreon.com/c/Performing...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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/...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In New York this weekend: The Transformation Project Exhibition: November 8–14, 2025 Location: Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY Now in its third year, the Transformation Project creates a space of awareness, hope, and recovery in response to Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

THIS SATURDAY DO NOT MISS LOOSE ENDS • Sober Open Mic 🎤✨ Sat 1st Nov Doors 6:30pm ⏰ Show: 7:00–9:00pm 🕘 Poetry 📝 • Music 🎶 • Spoken Word 🗣️ • Comedy 😂 • Mentalism 🧠 Sacred Grounds Coffee Shop☕️ 📍 54 Dean St, Soho, W1 6AF Tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/theen...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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/...

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Performing Recovery Issue 12

Featuring Fallen Angels, New Note Orchestra, (UP)BEAT, Sober IS Fun, Jem Tovey talks about Recovery Tattoos, Dr David Patton on New Central Media, News, Poetry and Art.

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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...

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John Jupin @vols71.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

To those organizations assisting in recovery, Thank You! To those fearful of the road to recovery, your family and particularly children in your life will now have a different future. I’m the spouse of an adult child of an alcoholic. Her story: nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-... tonibellon.com

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Learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic - Nacoa

Author Toni Bellon shares about learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic and healing her 'mother wound' through her new book L.E.A.P

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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.

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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

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leon clowes @leonclowes.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

It's National Recovery Month and this Saturday 27th September is a big one! STIRLING Scottish Recovery Consortium: Recovery Walk CHESTER Fallen Angels Dance Theatre: Big Recovery Social ‪LONDON @recoveryfilms.bsky.social‬: Award Ceremony MANCHESTER @leonclowes.bsky.social‬: The Alcoholic's Tarot

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John Jupin @vols71.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Thank you recovery organizations! To those fearful of the road to recovery, your family and particularly children in your life will now have a different future. My wife, Dr. Toni Bellon EdD,is a survivor of an alcoholic and abusive mother. This is her story nacoa.org.uk/learning-to-...

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Learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic - Nacoa

Author Toni Bellon shares about learning to lie as the child of an alcoholic and healing her 'mother wound' through her new book L.E.A.P

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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...

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Recovery Month Events Guide

With details of events from across the UK, including sober raves, concerts, recovery walks, comedy, classes and films, this is your free guide to everything going on over recovery month…

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Volunteering alert: Internship at New Central Media with @drdavidpatton.bsky.social. Supports marketing, social media, and digital outreach for our decolonial publishing platform and the upcoming LERO book. Unpaid, but with mentorship, remote-friendly, and real impact. Apply by Sept 17.

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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...

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

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...

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An Introduction to Playwriting

Facilitated by writer, Helen Jeffery, this 6 week ONLINE course is aimed at those who are NEW to writing for stage.

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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...

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Secret Drug Addict @scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Addiction is a family illness. One person may use, but the whole family suffers

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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!

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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/...

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Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

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

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

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

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The White Chip - Southwark Playhouse Borough

A dry comedy about drying out. The White Chip is a new play about living with addiction and coming alive through recovery.

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leon clowes @leonclowes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Have you seen the extraordinary extended storytelling platform insidethewhitechip.com created by super whizz Joel Hall yet? Big thanks to the lovely people of @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social for the links to their fabulous resources which you can find in the Quiz section.

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HOME | The White Chip

The White Chip by Sean Daniels, Produced by Danielle Tarento at Southwark Playhouse 2025. This extended storytelling platform immerses audiences in the world of the play before and after the productio...

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leon clowes @leonclowes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🌟 Special Offer for The White Chip 🌟 Celebrate Alcohol Awareness Week with us! Book your tickets for The White Chip from July 9 to August 16 for just £22! Use code AWARE22 when booking online. 🎟 Tickets: southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/the-white-chip #PerformingRecovery #AlcoholAwarenessWeek

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The White Chip - Southwark Playhouse Borough

A dry comedy about drying out. The White Chip is a new play about living with addiction and coming alive through recovery.

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Performing Recovery @performingrecovery.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

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...

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The SUN Network @thesunnetwork.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🧡 The EDGE Café has a packed week of free groups & workshops from 14–20 April! From addiction recovery support to arts, games & friendship groups, there’s something for everyone. 📍Mill Road, Cambridge 📩 Gail@theedgecafecambridge.com for info

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