# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Writer, and researcher Alex Herod joins artist George Grace Gibson to explore how horror can become a creative language for recovery.About this EventIn this two-part event, writer, and researcher Alex Herod joins artist George Grace Gibson to explore how horror can be a way to meet difficult experiences, reimagine the self and create new forms from the things that haunt us.Part One: Making Friends with Your Monsters1pm- 1.45pmDrawing on her PhD research paper,  Alex Herod will explore how horror can offer a visceral space for meeting difficulty, digging into darkness, making friends with our monsters and surviving. Bringing together lived experience, creative practice and research into forms of genre based self-therapy, Alex asks how horror might support recovery processes.Part Two: Recoverist House of Horrors2pm-4pmStep inside the Recoverist House of Horrors: a creative workshop led by artist George Grace Gibson, where you will make your very own sculptural, horror house-shaped artist book.Inspired by Alex Herod’s research, this workshop will explore themes of recovery, self-care, survival, and transformation, by reimagining the house: a place of shelter, memory, haunting, and possibility. Working with book making techniques you will reimagine the house as a container of stories, fragmented memories, and future possibilities that unexpectedly unfold.Places for this workshop are limited, so advance booking is recommended. Come ready to listen, share and learn by entering our collective Recoverist House of Horror.Through exhibitions, performances and creative events, Recoverist Month places the arts at the centre of conversations on substance use and recovery. Held every September to mark International Recovery Month, this annual programme brings artists, communities and audiences together across venues around the UK, making a vibrant contribution to the contemporary cultural landscape.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/recoverist-house-of-horrors-making-friends-with-your-monsters/100001994779003698
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, literary-art, meetups, exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 3 hours
  - Location: SODA (School of Digital Arts)
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 5.58, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Manchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: SODA (School of Digital Arts)
- **lat**: 53.4684559
- **long**: -2.2389436
- **full address**: SODA (School of Digital Arts), 14 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters being held?
  - **A:** Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters takes place on Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Tue, 15 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm at SODA (School of Digital Arts), 14 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters?
  - **A:** Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters is organized by Portraits of Recovery.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Manchester, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Recoverist House of Horrors: Making Friends with Your Monsters sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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