A multi-media theatre performance exploring communities' responses and attitudes to emotional distress

 

This unique, fast-moving theatre work explores a difficult subject with energy, imagination and humour: it is provocative and hopeful.

 

The performance was written, directed and performed by an Otago team of four, Gilly Pugh and John Schwarz (Four Play with Friends), Lucy O'Hagan (Festival of Colour Witches over Wanaka) and Lizzi Yates (a prize-winning visual artist).

 

The aim is to encourage the audience to think about emotional suffering and compassion. All of us have either suffered emotional distress, had problems or supported someone else so this play is for everyone.

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