On Me 2025 is complete.

Thank you so much to Ingrid Turner photography for these gorgeous images! Find more in our Media Gallery.

It’s been a pleasure and an honour to have been able to bring this piece to the Martin Harris Centre in Manchester and the Octagon Theatre in Bolton!

In Manchester, our main point of contact was the wonderful Alex Shaw, who looked after us beautifully and helped us to manage preparations extremely efficiently! Huge thanks also to the fantastic Megan Kerry, Tom Pearce, Jonny Brown, Adam Wilson and the rest of the Martin Harris team for their support.

Our post-show panel featured Greater Manchester’s Deputy Mayor Kate Green, Christie Webster from the Pankhurst Trust/Manchester Women’s Aid, Anne Stebbings of Greater Manchester Rape Crisis, Aisha Akram of the University of Manchester’s Student Union and Reclaim the Night and Carolina Hinojosa of the Salford Foundation. The discussion was in-depth, passionate and respectful, covering a wide range of factors inherent in Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Abuse.

Alex Joynes, the Octagon’s wonderful Adult and Communities Lead, was our rock throughout the Bolton leg of the project – and the fantastic Endeavour team members were the engine driving us forward, offering endless positivity and accessing financial support on our behalf.

Our accessibility resources were provided by the glorious and super-creative audio describers from Hear the Picture and the flawless BSL interpretation services of Samantha Green, booked through Bolton Deaf Society.

Our panellists – Jill Caldwell of Endeavour, Adam Warbrick of Bolton Manbassadors, Bernie Ryan of the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS), Janet Malone of Greater Manchester Police, Shana Begum of Bolton Council’s Community Safety Team and NHS adult safeguarding nurse Megan Jones – did an amazing job of anchoring the play in the very stark reality of Gender-Based Violence prevention whilst speaking with warmth and great insight.

Also massive thanks to University of Bolton‘s filmmaking course… more news on this further down the line!

And, of course, we couldn’t possibly sign off without a glowing mention of our core team. The tireless and inspired director/stage manager team composed of Helen Parry and Sabine Sulmeistere worked wonders, and our wildly talented actors Leah Eddleston, Alexi Papadopoulos, Daniel McKeown and Joe Clegg Prada (a double-contributor, due to his wizardry as a producer) brought writer Caroline Lamb‘s words to life in such a wonderful way, time and time again.

We’ll be back, no doubt about that! For now, take a look at another planned project we have in the pipeline – Silent Approach.