The Canadian Mental Health Association Mid Island in partnership with the Tilicum Lelum Aboriginal Health Centre & Mental Illness Famiy Support Services presents Theatre for Living's maladjusted. Audiences are calling it "thought provoking, gut wrenching, funny, sad and mind-broading" piece of interactive theatre.
=0D=0A=maladjusted engages audiences with powerful images and authentic voices weaving together three very personal narratives: A young teenager struggling with sadness over her friend's suicide is misdiagnosed by her doctor; a young homeless man who is legitimately taking presrciption meds gets thrown into dangerous circumstances by social workers, who are from within a mechanizing system, trying their best to help him; and finally, there is all of us unabel to adjust to the needs of a maladjusted mental health sector, who become potential agents for chnage.
=0D=0A=maladjusted takes us on an intimate journey, builds up to a breathtaking crisis and then STOPS. Next, at this heightened moment of suspense, we are invited to engage with the characters from a safe, entertaining and creative space where anything is possible!
=0D=0A=Directed and Joked by Vancouver's veteran theatre maker "local hero" and "international treasure" David Diamond, and performed by a very talented cast of patients and caregivers who really know the mental health system. maladjusted is two and a half hours of riveting, groundbreaking and perspective altering forum theatre.
=0D=0A=Tickets are by advance only at all 4 local The Medicine Shoppe locations by cash only, or online at www.mid-island.cmha.bc.ca. For more information please call Gwen at 250.244.4042 ext.2
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