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2) Discussion: What’s Next for Mental Health & Entertainment?

Posted: 20 Jun 2024

On the back of harrowing statistics regarding entertainment and mental health, the expert panel of Dom Matthews, Andy Brereton, Kate Martin and Marcus Ryder shared some inspiration on how best to remove the stigma behind mental health issues through entertainment, by displaying the “messy, funny challenges of living with mental health” and showing it in a “normalised positive everyday light” (Kate Martin).

Dom Matthews
Studio Head, Ninja Theory
Andy Brereton
Senior Comedy Commissioning Editor, Channel 4
Kate Martin
Head of Lived Experience, Wellcome Trust
Marcus Ryder
CEO of Film and TV Charity & Chair of RADA

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