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Review: The Depression Cure Show
Warning: Contains therapy puppets, mental health references, quite silly dancing and not forgetting copious lycra. Jonathan Winfield brings his cure for depression show direct from the 2019 UK Brighton Fringe Festival with infectious enthusiasm and energy. Here we witness one man’s deep dive into a lifetime of depression. The sheer honesty and self-effacing journey Jonathon…
Review: The Boy My Father Raised
The Boy My Father Raised gives no trauma or trigger warning. Not in any of its publicity nor at the show itself. You should also be warned about sensory overload; there is a lot of voiceover played through the speakers which peaks to a volume of being uncomfortable. I also think its rating of PG…
Review: Moments
It feels wrong to start a review with a cliché but I am really struggling with how best to describe Moments without it. So here goes, Moments had moments. This original dance and physical theatre piece aims to explore significant moments we experience throughout our lives and how they impact us. We have party, love,…
Who’s Exploring Mental Health at Adelaide Fringe 2020?
Some great shows with mental health themes and content coming up for Adelaide Fringe! We’ve compiled a few descriptions to read below, and you can always find out more here. Stay tuned for mindshare’s 2020 reviews. Sean Quinn – Cognitive Behavioural Terrorist Comedy Sean earns a living from other people’s distress. Anxiety, depression, problem gambling…
Ukulele Dream Girl: Love at a Distance
Phi Theodoros has become quite a name around the state of South Australia as a mental health advocate with a twist by embracing her creative arts background and her passion to make social change through music and performance storytelling. I first saw her in Depression: The Musical and since then she has received critical acclaim…
Seeds set free in the storm of life
When life is tough, the shutter seems forever jammed half closed, nothing seem to be in focus I look around to see a flower, a leaf, a rock, or cobwebs with their seemingly random criss crossing of threads. Threads that hold on to each other, connect and what appears without a sense of design suddenly has…