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A few things to look forward to in 2025

Katie (Chair) and Nell (Founder) celebrating good news! What have we got to be so happy about, eh? Is it the fact that everything’s...

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Spiritual Abuse in our Headlines: Why We Should All Care

It has taken us some time to decide what we want to say in response to the Makin Report and subsequent resignation of the Archbishop of...

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'Milestones' now available to watch on our website!

A year ago today, RAT returned to the Bloomsbury Theatre Studio to present Milestones : a semi-verbatim play reflecting the experiences...

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Our vision, mission and values: why we're here

Another core group session has passed and our community is growing: returning folk, folk we haven't seen for a while, folk we've never...

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Core Group First Session: setting the scene and introducing the RAT working principles

We were absolutely thrilled with our first core group session. We wanted to bring together survivors from several previous projects and...

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Four Common Misconceptions About Working With People Experiencing Trauma Or Post-Traumatic Stress

As we prepare for the first RAT core group session this Sunday (we're so excited!), we've been thinking a lot about the habits,...

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Launching RATS!: our first post-traumatic community core group

Nightmares. Flashbacks. Periods of dissociation. Struggles staying in the here and now. Responses to words, smells, sounds, textures,...

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A (but by no means 'the') trauma-conscious response to the new government's manifesto

So - the nation has very decisively spoken. Whether most people were voting out of conviction, or fear of the alternatives, Labour has an...

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Meet Our Trustees!

It's been just over two months since our registration as a charity came through and we've been having a grand old administrative time...

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Theatre leads to tangible change - and we can PROVE it!

With just over 24 hours left in which to stream I, Lord from our performance at the Space last month, let's have a look at what our...

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Right in time for show week: RAT becomes a charity!

We couldn't be prouder to tell you, at the beginning of our show week for I, Lord at The Space, that RAT is now a registered charity,...

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1 week to go: all the ways to engage with 'I, Lord'

It's been a busy month of preparations and now we're so excited to bring 'I, Lord' back to the stage: this time in the more intimate...

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I, Lord: The survivor-led design journey - OUT NOW!

Happy New Year, one and all! We're aware that the festive season brings as many challenges as it does delights, and the turn from 2023 to...

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In case you missed it: I, Lord post-show panel discussion exploring spiritual abuse

On 30th October 2023, I, Lord premiered at the Bloomsbury Theatre, followed by a panel discussion exploring spiritual abuse, how our...

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Milestones and I, Lord: two months, two shows!

… And breathe. The last three months have without a doubt been the busiest in RAT’s life so far. What follows is a blog post that...

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Introducing our parallel children's show for 'I, Lord'

RAT's shows explore topics that often get neglected by theatre and other media, from the perspectives of trauma survivors whose voices...

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I, Lord design session 5: goodbye - for now

A lot of us mentioned anticipating coming into the space with sadness to our last survivor design workshop. Five weeks have really flown...

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I, Lord design session 4: sound and music

There's a phrase that I think a lot of survivors struggle with a lot, when hearing it in response to sharing their truths: "I feel...

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I, Lord design session 3: our stained glass window

It's taken me a little longer to write the post this week because honestly, I haven't known how to do justice to what happened in the...

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I, Lord design session 2: setting the scenes

This week's was one of those sessions that remind me that trauma survivors are natural artists. The world around us after our trauma is...

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