Dust 2016: The life of Syd Barrett

The Dust of Everyday Life is an annual conference exploring the arts, mental health and social justice, programmed by the Mental Health Foundation and See Me, Scotland's campaign to end mental health discrimination. This session from Dust 2016, at the CCA in Glasgow on Wednesday 20 April, was a discussion around One Thinks of It All as a Dream, a new play by Alan Bissett about the life of Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. Ahead of the play's premiere at the tenth Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. psychiatrist Dr Peter Byrne and writer/broadcaster John Cavanagh discuss some of the myths and misconceptions around Syd Barrett's life, while director Sacha Kyle and actors Andrew John Tait, George Brennan and Kieran Baker preview a short extract from the show.