“I’m in a big, cold, mostly empty, disused shop in Folkestone, alone, surrounded by lots of pieces of coloured card which were scribbled on yesterday, two wooden chairs, a list of things to write, and my medical file from the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma. A medical record, neater and more compact than I expected it to be, containing all the necessary information and data, for the sixteen weeks I spent undergoing cognitive behavioural therapy. I pick it up, and start reading it, out loud.” Laura will be at BAC with her show Head Hand Head on the 21st & 22nd of March.

I’m in Edinburgh where each day for two weeks my solo show, Head Hand Head takes place in a small studio on the top floor of an old building. The room is tatty, fading pink walls, school-red carpet and a crumbling window frame. Each day before the show I spend about an hour in here, alone, waiting.