Do You Mind?
Theatre - 2015“Joni has met someone special, but how can she tell him she has a long-term mental illness? And is this really the best thing to talk about on the second date?.”
Devised by BearDog
Everyone has had a moment when they've struggled to tell something important to someone they care about. Do You Mind? considers how we talk about the most vulnerable parts of ourselves and how honest we can be in a new relationship. With engaging storytelling, beautiful puppetry and an old-school overhead projector.
Reviews and Audience Feedback
“Carrack is willing to give herself to her art fully… her use of puppetry is endearing and creative.”
— View From The Gods
“Do You Mind? made me cry (in a good way).”
— Audience member
“I came away… with a lot of respect for (Joni’s) candidness and her abilities as a storyteller.”
—breaking-the-fourth-wall.com
“This is more than amazing. Beautiful, creative, educational, resonating.”
— Audience member
Do You Mind? was performed as a scratch performance at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the Battersea Arts Centre.
It later toured in the UK appearing at The Swindon Fringe Festival, The Space, The Warren at the Brighton Fringe Festival and the Pleasance Theatre (for the Suspense Festival).
Do You Mind?’s development has been supported by The Little Angel Theatre and was included in their INCUBATE research and development scheme in 2015.
One of the puppets and a filmed excerpt was featured in ‘Depression and Hope’, an exhibition curated to run alongside a performance of The Fall devised by EmpathEyes in 2017.
An excerpt was performed at the NYU Forum on Theatre and Health in April 2019.
Do You Mind? has been performed not just in theatres but also at organisations and companies. It has been received warmly at OneFamily and Checkout.com as apart of their staff wellbeing activities for World Mental Health Day and Mental Health Awareness Week. Do You Mind? is available for Lunch n’ Learns and and includes a Q&A and additional bespoke Lived Experience talks.