STORMSHELTER Comes to The Rendezvous With Madness Festival

A mother living with bipolar affective disorder is working through trauma, illness and healing in a psychiatric hospital. Alberta is recovering with her psychiatrist's help, and in the process, trying to learn how to be a parent with illness for her children. Through the course of a manic episode, Alberta is struck by visions and insights into her past and future. Can her altered state be the very thing that guides her back to her children? Chronicling her stay at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Stormshelter shines a light on the process of coming to terms with one's own mental health.

Based on the playwright's own experiences with Bipolar Affective Disorder, Stormshelter presents a unique opportunity to invite people who may not have first-hand knowledge of mental illness into an unfamiliar space where mental health is dealt with openly rather than being a taboo subject. At the same time, for those with first-hand knowledge, the show presents a heightened and magical space where their experiences are represented with compassion, understanding, and hope.

SHOWS:

• Saturday October 13 7:00 pm*
• Sunday October 14 2:00 pm*
• Monday October 15 6:00 pm*
• Wednesday October 17 6:00 pm
• Friday October 19 8:00 pm

*Discussion with playwright following performance

LOCATION: "The Annex", Community Centre Building, CAMH, 107 Stokes Street, Toronto

*Note: Access to "The Annex" is via the entrance to the Community Centre located off Stokes Street.

TICKETS: On sale NOW. Tickets $12 in advance from https://workmanarts.com/rendezvouswithmadness/rwm2018/rwm2018-performance/ , PWYC at the door.

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Written by Bradley Necyk

Directed by Perry Gratton

Starring Samantha Jeffery, Michael Peng

Sound design by Landon Littlechilds

Dramaturge: Louise Casemore

Presented by Workman Arts' Rendezvous With Madness Festival

Produced by StoneMarrow Theatre