Performing Recovery

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).

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...

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.

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/...

To hear about what's happening in addiction recovery arts, subscribe to @performingrecovery.bsky.social magazine.
Our next issue is out later this month.
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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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-...

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...

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…

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Sober Comedy in Liverpool in National Recovery Month Leon Clowes speaks to Martyn Davies, founder of the UK’s only regular alcohol-free comedy club, about laughter, recovery, and making sober spaces fun and sustainable. Martyn Davies…

There's a Sober Comedy night upcoming in Liverpool in National Recovery Month. Sober IS Fun founder Martyn Davies talks to @leonclowes.bsky.social here: recovery-arts.org/2025/09/03/s...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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…

September is Recovery Month!

Our new guide tells you about events across the country.

Includes:

@porecovery.bsky.social
@geesetheatre.bsky.social
@suitwolves.bsky.social
@lporchestra.bsky.social
@recoveryfilms.bsky.social
@leonclowes.bsky.social

READ HERE: recovery-arts.org/2025/08/28/r...

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

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!

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

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/...

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

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.

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

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