Episode seventeen - The importance of the Arts and how they can create change through therapy and the community impact with Abigail Sewell

Welcome back to another episode of Teacher Talk, in this month's
episode we interviewed Director and trainee Dramatherapist
Abigail Sewell.


Her work as a theatre and film director engages with themes of
race, gender, class, and sexuality, championing untold narratives
from historically excluded voices. Abigail's direction has
featured on BBC Two, BBC Four, London Short Film Festival, and
the stages of theatres such as Harold Pinter, Royal Court, and
Young Vic.


In 2020 Abigail Co-Founded Uproot, a socially driven production
company. Uproot is shifting culture and creating community
through art. Their latest project, Black Girl Blues is a 10 week
online arts-centered wellbeing programme for Black girls in Year
9 across the UK. The programme is fun, creative and supportive,
and offers participants new art skills and tools to support their
wellbeing.


In this episode we discuss the importance of the Arts and how
they need to be driven more in education, the impact the Arts can
have on our mental health, and also how we can use the Arts to
support and create opportunities in the communities that we live
in.


Follow Abigail at @absmaria and @uprootprod to see the work she
and her co-founder do in the community!