FIFO Mental Health & Mine Site Entertainment
Mental health that actually lands on site. A lived experience story, then the room takes over: live freestyle comedy built from the crew's own words. Delivered on site for Roy Hill, Rio Tinto, BHP, Chevron and MinRes.
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Macshane opens with his own story: growing up with ADHD, being told the thing he was best at was a distraction, and turning it into a career that took him to the Britain's Got Talent live semi-final at the Apollo Theatre in London, where he finished second in the national public vote.
Then the microphone turns around. The crew call out words, names, trades, site in-jokes and whatever happened on shift that day, and he builds it into live freestyle comedy on the spot. Nothing is written and nothing is rehearsed, which is the entire point: the room can see it is being made out of their own words.
It works on site because it never asks anyone to open up in front of their workmates. It gets a room laughing first, and the conversation that follows happens on the crew's own terms, in the wet mess afterwards rather than in a session.
It sits alongside your EAP, your MATES-trained peers and whatever wellbeing program you already run. It is never a substitute for any of them.
Delivered on site, not adapted for it
Roy Hill. Rio Tinto. BHP. Chevron. Mineral Resources. FIFO villages across the Pilbara. Mess halls, village bars, recreation rooms and open air stages, with a PA and without one.
A site show is not a corporate gig moved north. The slot is an evening after shift, the room is whatever room is free, half the crew came straight off a twelve hour day and the other half are flying out in the morning. The set has to earn attention from people with every reason not to give it.
ROY HILL
CHEVRON
“I have never seen a crowd so engaged and cheering from start to finish. All our residents were laughing their hearts out. I especially loved the crowd work, to think so fast and rhyme from the random words given by the people, it was amazing.”
Karan Thete, Health and Wellness Co-Ordinator, Argyle Diamond Mine
Perfect for
R U OK? Day
The biggest wellbeing day in Australian mining. The hard part is getting a crew to turn up and actually talk, and that is what this is built to do.
World Suicide Prevention Day
Usually the same week as R U OK? Day, so one evening on site can cover both without asking your crew to turn out twice.
National Safe Work Month
Four weekly themes. Health and wellbeing week is the natural fit, and it gives the month something the crew looks forward to rather than sits through.
WA Mental Health Week
Western Australia specific, and it overlaps Safe Work Month, so a single evening can be reported against both calendars.
Movember
Men's mental health and suicide prevention. Most sites already have fundraising running, and this gives it a night people turn out for.
Men's Health Week
The most on-theme week of the year for a male dominated workforce.
World Laughter Day
Argyle Diamond Mine ran theirs with Macshane, on a weeknight that suited the roster rather than the Sunday itself.
End of roster and Christmas
Not a wellbeing day, and the busiest entertainment slot on a site calendar. This runs as the night itself, not a serious segment bolted onto it.
A site almost never runs an awareness day on its actual date, and you should not have to explain that to a supplier. Argyle's World Laughter Day ran on the Thursday, four days after the Sunday, because crews work Sundays and the slot is an evening after shift. Pick the week that suits your roster and Macshane will fit it, including two consecutive nights so a back-to-back swing both gets the show.
Three ways it runs
Interactive entertainment show
The full comedy set, built live from the crew's own words. The version that works as an end of roster or Christmas night.
Mental health presentation
The lived experience story carries more of the hour, with the freestyle used to open the room up rather than to close the night.
Tailored to the site
Built around what the site is already running, the slot it has to fit, and the room it has to fit in.
Zero production. Any room, mic or not, indoors or out. No stage, no screen and no AV requirement, so it fits a mess hall, a village bar, a rec room or a muster point without anything being hired in. Multiple sites in the same swing are priced as a run rather than as separate bookings.
Not discretionary entertainment spend
Western Australia has a Code of Practice, Mentally healthy workplaces for fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers in the resources and construction sectors, which asks employers to identify and control psychosocial hazards the same way they manage physical ones. It covers roster design, access to support, supervisor training and the culture of the site itself.
That is why it usually sits with an HSE, wellbeing or people and culture lead rather than with events, and why it belongs in a budget set in advance rather than whatever is left at the end of the year. Lead times are longer than almost any other kind of booking, so it is worth starting early: R U OK? Day is routinely booked ten months out.
Read the Code: WorkSafe WA, mentally healthy workplaces codes of practice.
What it looks like in the room
“Stian was extremely kind and enthusiastic from the moment he arrived, he engaged the audience extremely well and was clearly given a positive response, evident through all the laughing and commotion. We highly recommend his return in the future.”
Taylah Jones, MESA A, Rio Tinto
Booking a site show
What is a Macshane FIFO mental health session?
A one hour session for a mine site or FIFO village that combines a lived-experience story about growing up with ADHD with live freestyle comedy built from the crew's own suggestions. It is entertainment rather than a lecture, and it is designed to get a room laughing before any conversation about mental health starts.
Which mining companies has Macshane performed for?
Roy Hill, Rio Tinto, BHP, Chevron and Mineral Resources, plus FIFO villages across the Pilbara. He has performed on sites with a full PA and in mess halls with nothing but a handheld microphone.
Is this a clinical or counselling session?
No. Macshane speaks from his own experience and never from clinical authority. He gives no diagnostic, medical or treatment advice. The session is designed to sit alongside an EAP, MATES-trained peers and an existing wellbeing program, never to replace any of them.
How long is it and what does the site need to provide?
One hour is the standard, with bespoke lengths available. There is no production requirement: no stage, no screen and no AV. A handheld microphone helps in a large or noisy room and is not essential. It runs in a mess hall, a village bar, a rec room or outdoors.
Can Macshane do more than one site in the same trip?
Yes, and it is the better value option. Multiple sites in one swing are priced as a run rather than as separate bookings, because the travel loading only applies once. Two consecutive nights at the same site also works well, so a back-to-back roster swing both sees the show.
Is it suitable for R U OK? Day or WA Mental Health Week?
Yes. R U OK? Day, World Suicide Prevention Day, National Safe Work Month, WA Mental Health Week, Movember, Men's Health Week and World Laughter Day are all natural fits, and Argyle Diamond Mine has already run it as their World Laughter Day event. R U OK? Day is usually booked around ten months in advance, so enquire early.
Do you travel to remote sites, and who arranges flights?
Yes, anywhere in Western Australia and interstate. Sites normally book flights, camp and site transport through their existing arrangements, and that sits on top of the fee. He has completed site inductions and mobilisation for remote operations before and will do whatever onboarding your site requires.
What does it cost?
A single site is a flat fee that includes a travel loading for the night away from Perth. Two or more sites in the same run are charged at a lower rate per site, because that loading is only charged once. Flights and camp sit on top and are usually arranged by the site. Get in touch with the site and the roster window for a figure.
Tell us the week, not the date
Send the site, the roster window and what you are already running, and you will get a straight answer on availability and a fee the same day. Single sites and multi-site swings both welcome.
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