Forthcoming Events

Events in the pipeline include:

- a concert to launch our Otto Klemperer Classical CD, works for piano and songs recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin School; featuring pianists Edward Pick and Francois Salignat; sopranos Rhona McKail and Stephanie Malinowski; and produced and engineered by Matthew Dilley. Anyone interested in buying a copy, please contact us.

Previous Events

16th March 2011 - 4th ok2b Annual Quiz Night held at The Counting House, Cornhill, London.

10 July 2010 - Upton Upon Severn Triathlon - ok2b supporter, Ben Mears, finished an impressive 19th of 153 starters, winning the novice category. He has also raised £1k for ok2b. Many congratulations and thanks.

23rd March 2010 - 3rd ok2b Annual Quiz Night held at The Counting House, Cornhill, London.

6th December 2009 - Regents Park 10k run; many thanks to all runners who braved wind and rain to support ok2b.

2nd March 2009 - we worked for the second time in collaboration with the Reduced Shakespeare Company to raise awareness of ok2b's work at New Wimbledon Theatre on 2nd March 2009, where it performed 'The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)' - written by Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, and starring one of ok2b's long-term supporters Jack Bennett.

18th February 2009 - 2nd ok2b Annual Quiz Night held at The Counting House, Cornhill, London.

30th September 2008 - we worked with the Reduced Shakespeare Company to raise awareness of ok2b's work at Greenwich Theatre on 30th September 2008, where it performed 'The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)' - written by Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, and starring one of ok2b's long-term supporters Jack Bennett.

"Stigma" - 29th April, 2008, in collaboration with Poet in the City we organised a poetry event exploring and challenging the stigma associated with mental illness, featuring Baroness Julia Neuberger, Lisa Appignanesi and the distinguished poets Blake Morrison, John Hegley and Selima Hill.

Photos: © Jocelyn Low (jocelyn@jocelynlow.co.uk)

ok2b Annual Quiz Night - 19th February 2008 - ok2b's Annual Quiz night was held at the Hat & Feathers. Many thanks to Allied Irish Banks plc / AIB Capital Markets for providing the prize for the winning team.

Madness Monologues - 24th October 2007
Performances included "Perfume with Roses" (written by Carrie Thomas, performed by Godfrey Walters) and "White Noise" (written and performed by Rachel Barnett). An audience discussion followed on the issues raised in the monologues around stigma and discrimination chaired by Professor Graham Thornicroft. The venue was Clean Break Theatre, Kentish Town.

ok2b's big smile - Sunday 8th October 2006
Our launch event, ok2b's big smile, took place at Hackney Empire on 8th October 2006. Sincere thanks to Jo Brand, Arthur Smith, Ricky Grover, Shappi Khorsandi, Hal Cruttenden and Rufus Hound, as well as Chaz of Mirth Control and all at Hackney Empire, who were instrumental to its success. A production team were there to film Jo for the TV series "Play it again" which was shown on BBC in early 2007.

Other events
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Bonkersfest (England)
Comedy Courage (Canada)
Gloom Aid (Feeling Gloomy) (England)
Off the Wall (England)
One in Four (Scotland)
Sanity Fair (England)
Scottish Mental Health Arts/Film Festival (Scotland)
Staglin Annual Music Festival (USA)
Stand up for Mental Health (Canada)
Stigma Busters Productions (Canada)

Mental Health Events (previous years)

The Cramps - Live at Napa State Mental Hospital 1978 (if you need to download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, please click here)

15th Anniversary of Somaliland Celebration London UK (2006) - this was a fund raising event geared to support the extremely disadvantaged Somaliland Mental Health Projects (if you need to download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, please click here)

File Under Sacred Music (re enactment of Cramps 1978 gig at a mental institute - included Core Arts, Mad Pride and Sound Minds)

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