Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization

What's On Archive

An archive of old events such as celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops and dialogues.

make the Bed

11-25 August 11:50AM - 12:50PM

ZOO Playground, High School Yards, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH1 1LZ

make the Bed was a 60-minute solo show that relied on gesture, physicality, and soundscapes as Ariela took the audience along with her on an anxiety-filled downward spiral. In showing her own struggle with mental illness, particularly anxiety, Ariela aimed to create a piece in which other anxious people could see their own experiences reflected. This piece was part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In Two Minds

1-25 August 2024

10 Cambridge Street, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED

Explored through the dynamic of a mother-daughter relationship, In Two Minds is deeply personal, inventive, funny and life-affirming.

Steps Towards Healing: Performance and Panel Discussion

22 August 2024 5:30PM-7PM

Lyra Artspace, Niddrie Mains Terrace, Edinburgh, EH16 4NT

Through panel discussion and performance, discover how Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity collaborates to create tailored art experiences for children in isolation in hospital and watch a dance performance from Step Out.