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Pianist, Megan Rushbrook Cycles 255 Miles in 1 day for BAPAM
Megan Rushbrook has cycled 255 miles in one day, from Cardiff to the Suffolk Coast, raising over £1000 for the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM). An amazing achievement, and fantastic support for BAPAM's work building a healthier and more...
Reporting from the PAMA Symposium 2025
We have just returned from the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) Annual Symposium, hosted by Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, where we were amongst over 300 performing arts clinicians, educators and researcher delegates, with representatives from...
Performance Anxiety: How Performance Psychology Can Help
Performance anxiety will be experienced by everyone at some point, and we all respond in different ways. Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters, shares insights, techniques and some simple exercises to help performers manage this common challenge. Everyone suffers...
Research: Substance Use Amongst Working Musicians
Call for Participants A new study led by researcher Jeordie Shenton at the University of Portsmouth is investigating the prevalence and contributory factors of substance use amongst working musicians. As part of the study, people who earn money from playing, creating...
Imposter Syndrome: A Double-Edged Sword For Performing Artists
Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters' BAPAM blog this month looks at Imposter Syndrome - what is it, and what can you do about it? After nailing your audition and landing a fantastic role, do you ever get that sinking feeling? That now you have to deliver? Do...
Supporting Carers in the Performing Arts (Carers Week 2025)
To celebrate Carers Week (9th to 15th June), BAPAM is spotlighting the challenges carers in the performing arts face and how to improve equality for them.
InTune: The New Digital Health and Wellbeing Tool from PRS Members’ Fund and BAPAM
PRS Members’ Fund, the charity that provides funding to PRS songwriters and composers during difficult times, and BAPAM, the UK experts in performing arts medicine, have partnered to launch a first of its kind digital tool to support the health and...
Standing with the LGBTQIA+ Performing Arts Community on May 17th
May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT). Learn how BAPAM supports LGBTQIA+ performing artists online now.
How to Keep Your Skin Healthy as a Performing Artist
Skin health is not about chasing an aesthetic ideal! Discover how performing arts professionals should keep their skin healthy online today with BAPAM.
Research Report: Music Industry Counsellors’ Experiences of Working with Clients Affected by Sexism or Misogyny
We are grateful to performing arts specialist psychotherapeutic counsellor, Janine Ellis, for contributing this guest article which reports on her research into music industry counsellors and psychotherapists’ experiences of working with clients affected by...
Making a Positive Change Through Clinical Guidance
At BAPAM, we’re always striving to make a positive impact on individual performance and to help creative sector organisations. Learn how and why online here.
Perimenopause – A Performing Artist’s Perspective by Sophie Tott
Photo by Matt Forster: thisandmatt.co.uk In our guest blog, Sophie Tott aka DJ Tallulah Goodtimes shares her experience of perimenopause while working as a DJ, producer and artist. In her companion piece to Sophie's blog Dr June Sheren writes, "As a physician...
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