verity healey is an artist & writer. Her interests lie in human/wildlife/earth rights.
Current projects
outside it is beautiful - a community audio stories project on The Bentham train Line. A project to encourage rail passengers to look out of the window - at the landscape, the beauty, the wildlife and man's part in it - via audio stories written by the people who live there.
outside it is beautiful was supported by Arts Council England and Northern (trains) for its research and development phase in 2024. The project is now in phase two, building on the R&D project and fund raising for phase three to begin November 2025.
Theatre journalism & associated writing
published by The Stage, Whats on Stage, Exeunt, Howlround, British Council, Open Democracy, BBC Arts, The Theatre Times, European Stages, SEEStage, Ministry of Counterculture (Belarus Free Theatre)
other publications on nature/environment writing include XR Writers (Extinction Rebellion)
verity has worked undercover in Belarus in 2015 and 2020 as a theatre journalist and has been a critic in the room in residency with Belarus Free Theatre and Masha Alyokhina, of Pussy Riot.
Academic publications
2024: Kennan Institute's archive on documentary theatre in East Europe and Russia led by visiting associate professor Susanna Weygandt.
2023: Routledge study guides on Contemporary European Theatre and Performance (with a chapter on Belarus Free Theatre)
2021: Howlround anthology
2019: European Theatre Convention Handbook
Film and video
The Death of a Government Inspector - short music video - English National Opera
Yarl's Wood: A National Concern - short film - self shooting
My Pillow The Buddha - short film - small crew
Girl & A Bicycle - short film - small crew
Photography
Work has been published by The Calvert Journal (now defunct due to pressures from Russia)
Commission from Belarus Free Theatre.
shortlisted for Tweed River Culture's Wild Hearts (Border Forest Trust) in the Scottish uplands in Dumfries.
verity healey has extensive facilitation experience, including working with neuro-divergent and SEND students.
Mental Health
verity has struggled with her mental health for several decades. Associated themes, including neuro divergence, often enter into work.
Contact: collcreative@yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk