The Up Men
Participants involved in Comedy Improv course with Tom Roden, ending in an open mic event - March 2024.
Up Men
2015 - 2024
Up Men aimed to promote positive mental health in men through creativity & connection - bringing people together without fear of judgement.
Up Men was the legacy of a Restoke project MAN UP, a show about masculinity & mental health co-created with 21 men in Stoke-on-Trent. MAN UP culminated in five sell-out shows performed at Goldenhill Working Men's Club. The Up Men programme was steered and supported by a group of men who took part in the original performance.
UP MEN weekender
In October 2023 we celebrated 5-years of the Up Men programme with a weekend of workshops in comedy improv, therapeutic art, dance and singing and performances by New Art Club, Fubunation & Jamie Thrasivoulou
Plus a visual art exhibition 'I see you, I hear you' by Daby Obiechefu.
Photos of the event below by Grant Archer/Chris Neophytou
