Alice Brockway

@alicebrockway

Creative type and mental health researcher. Founder of Playing Sane. Lived Experience work with NSPA, Rethink Mental Illness, & GMMH. Part way through a never ending PhD. Generally interested.

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Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· 1d

Come on #Clacton! The country NEEDS #CountBinface to win. Please, do it for Britain.

Image is a parody of the Obama blue and red campaign poster with Count Binface on. Part of the August 2026 by-election campaign for Clacton on Sea

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· 1d

Looking for professional UK #actors to complete this anonymous survey for my #PhD. Please complete &/or share if you can. @womentheatreem.bsky.social @mrdavebyrne.bsky.social @fbombtheatre.bsky.social @tamasha1989.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social @openclasp.bsky.social @mxbenspiller.bsky.social

Image is a digital flyer promoting participation in an anonymous survey that's part of a PhD on mental health in actors.

The text reads:
Playing Sane:
Understanding mental health in actors in the UK
I'm Alice Brockway, an actor and researcher working towards a PhD looking at mental health in actors.

I need professional actors to complete an anonymous survey for my project.

Just scan the QR code below and it will take you to the survey. There's an information sheet at the start that tells you everything you need to know.

You can also visit www.playingsanethephd.co.uk for more information about the full project.

This project has been passed by the ethics team at Manchester Metropolitan University
EthOS number 87032

How sure can I be that the survey is anonymous?
Your answers are captured in a way that even the researcher can't see who's submitted them. The software does not capture IP addresses or other digital footprint data. Due to the public nature of actors' work additional care will be taken to ensure anonymity is protected during analysis and any subsequent publications.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· 15d

Whatever I’m doing I always make time to vote. Democracy (or as near as we get) is a use it or lose it deal and the alternatives aren’t great. Grab your ID and make sure you #vote #Manchester #mayor

A photo of me (white woman in her 40s with long dark hair in a plait, wearing a dark blue shirt) in front of a polling station sign.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· 21d

If you're a pro #actor currently working in the UK it would be amazing if you could complete this survey looking at actors' #mentalhealth for my PhD. This is the survey link: mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Here's a link to the website about the whole project: www.playingsanethephd.co.uk

Black and white image with the words 'Understanding Mental Health in Actors in the UK' over the top. The image is of a page of Hamlet with a part of a brain showing over the top and a packet of tablets showing at the bottom.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jun 26

Not sure Burnham will care that much about Polanski's tests of him right now.

YouGov chart showing Andy Burnham way ahead in polls asking if he would make a better Prime Minister than other major party leaders.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jun 22

If you're a pro actor currently working in the UK it would be amazing if you could complete this survey looking at actors' mental health for my PhD. This is the survey link: mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Here's a link to the website about the whole project: www.playingsanethephd.co.uk

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jun 10

Umm, @theguardian.com If they’re burning vehicles & houses surely they’re rioters not protestors? Or criminals? Protest is at the heart of #democracy. This is not. This is how violence wins. Do better.

Screenshot of The Guardian headline/app front page.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· May 7

However heated the arguments get it always gives me a sense of pride to put that cross in a box. So many people are denied this. It's a right more easily removed than we generally care to think about. Whatever else you do today, if there's an election where you are then get out and vote!

A picture of me in front of a polling station.
I'm a 42 year old white woman. I have dark hair tied back off my face. I'm wearing dark purple glasses and a white V-neck top with a back jacket. I'm in front of a red brick wall with a sign that says 'POLLING STATION' and below it a sign indicating disabled access. To the right is an intercom.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Apr 22

Yep. The guess that’s one way of getting people to walk.

A picture of a chalk board advert saying “WINE, NOW CHEAPER THAN FUEL
DRINK, DON’T DRIVE”

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Apr 12

If you're in #Manchester, UK it's worth taking a look at the Manchester #Labour manifesto for the upcoming #localelections on 7th May. It addresses all the things people I know have been concerned about (that can be addressed at local level). Proud of the GM team for this. www.mcrlabour.org.uk

A campaign poster from Manchester Labour. 9 equal sized, brightly coloured boxes listing achievements that the group has made and plans for future work.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Mar 30

Attended the launch of Manchester Labour's May election manifesto yesterday. Really positive, with @bevcraig.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lucy Powell all on form & supporting those standing. National Labour might be annoying everyone but there are some really good people in Manchester.

A photo of Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester), a Manchester Labour local candidate holding a Manchester Labour sign, Lucy Powell MP (Labour Deputy Leader), and Cllr Bev Craig (leader of Manchester City Council).

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Mar 5

I generally try 'never [to] put down to malice what can be explained by stupidity'* but it's hard to believe no-one in the team of the Home Secretary spotted this. Politicians & those around them should definitely have been aware. Worse if they were. DO BETTER! *Can't remember the original wording.

Image of Home Secretary in a long coat (sourced from The Independent overlayed with the promotional image of the coat and an image of Nazi uniforms with a similar design.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Mar 4

Sorting some old dancewear to sell/donate. I’d forgotten how tiny I was back then! I was constantly convinced I needed to lose weight. It’s criminal how bad we make young people feel about their bodies.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Dec 25

This is what I love about having a decent phone camera - that looks interesting? Got it. Done. On the go creativity makes my artsy parts happy. #joinin

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Aug 25

Spent the morning at the #Steampunk Asylum in #LincolnUK today. Always a brilliant #event. Seeing one of my favourite #quotes was the icing on the cake.

A photograph of a wooden plaque with white writing that says "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. - Albert Einstein" There is white decoration either side of the writing. The plaque is attached with 2 gold screws to wood and there is rope behind that to the top left.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Aug 11

For joy I’m reading ‘Runemarks’ by @joannechocolat.bsky.social For study it’s ’How to think like a realist’ by Ray Pawson. Thoroughly enjoying both.

A paperback copy of the book Runemarks by Joanne M Harris. The cover has a stain glass style image of mountains at sunrise/set with a red horse in the mid-ground the gargoyles and a rune in the foreground at the bottom. It has gold patches and lettering.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jul 23

If you are concerned about the rise of populist politics I highly recommend this book. An easy to read but comprehensive look at recent history & things we can do going forward. Enlightening, robust, but hopeful. @bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @jonbloomfield.bsky.social

The cover of a book on a wooden table. It is a smaller sized book with a dark cover and white and red writing. In the middle is a dark, angry looking male figure pointing a finger up, with a white collar and red tie showing over a black suit. He stands at a dark podium.
The book is ‘The Little Black Book of the Populist Right’ by Jon Bloomfield & David Edgar.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jul 17

Someone at @theguardian.com is having fun 😂

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jul 13

Breakfast & art. Good way to start the day at @bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Festival.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jul 12

Having a great time at the @bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Festival at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social Just what I needed!

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· May 31

If you're in Greater #Manchester #UK & dealing with #ADHD there's a #consultation happening to improve the adult service, which currently has a 10 year waiting list. I've been involved with the process & the NHS Trust is taking it very seriously. If you are impacted please take part. 4/5

This is a flyer for a consultation happening in Greater Manchester UK around improvement of Adult ADHD Services. For more information & to get involved go to https://getinvolved.gmintegratedcare.org.uk/en-GB/projects/adult-adhd-consultation

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Apr 18

Fellow #spoonie types. I am having awful trouble with #fatigue right now. What works for you?

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Mar 27

Gorgeous blossom spotted on a sunny walk with a friend yesterday. Reasons to smile.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Mar 25

Try this.

He clamped his eyes against the memory that rushed in. Skin so damaged and fragile it seemed to melt off the bone, a constant moan parting lips desperately reaching for the smallest drop of water, words trapped in a throat so thick with smoke and pain they came out like the brush of a breeze on a leaf. How many times had he repeated I love you? How many times would’ve been enough?

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Feb 26

Drawing isn’t my strength but these two really popped out.

A photo of a blue sky with white clouds. Loosely drawn sketches of two female figures are overlaid. They have yellow power waves coming from their hands and cream clouds of breath.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Feb 19

I was telling myself that about an hour ago.

A pastel rainbow line swirling across the page with the words 'Healing is not linear' alongside, as well as some dashes and stars.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jan 24

That is a beautiful tree. Here are a couple more. I hope they help you get through to better weeks.

A large willow tree in a park with lawn under it and trees and bushes around it. It’s a sunny, blue skies day with only a tiny bit of cloud.

An interesting tree in a British park. It has few limbs or leaves until the very top but is healthy and catching the bright sunlight. Other trees surround it. It’s next to a dirt pathway with some logs on.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jan 10

In an effort to ignore the hideous reality we are all facing, here’s @markhamillofficial.bsky.social as a cowboy & me as a scary nurse for no apparent reason.

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Jan 2

Right, I know basically nothing about fashion but I know this name. Found it clearing my Dad’s house. It looks and feels cheap to me but Mum thinks it’s probably genuine. Can anyone tell me? Don’t even know where to look! #fashion #balenciaga

Alice Brockway@alicebrockway· Dec 30