“The Almighty Sometimes” is an award winning play about the medication of children for mental health issues.
What happens when a young woman who has been medicated since she was 11 turns 18 and wants to cease taking medication so she can be more “real”, more “authentic”?
This brilliant, thought-provoking and, in many ways, funny play is about mental health and the medication of children.
Anna at 18 is a typical teenager: curious, excited about the future, cheeky and rebellious. She wants to explore her creativity as a writer and get to know her first boyfriend, Oliver. But she has taken psychiatric medication since she was eleven.
Now she wants to explore a life beyond the dulling effect of pills.
Since early childhood she has been under the treatment of a psychiatrist, Vivienne. She understands Anna’s desire to live without medication but knows the risks of sudden and unsupported withdrawal.
Meanwhile, her mother, Renée is determined to protect her. She can’t stand by and watch her daughter experiencing the anguish and anxiety she has been through in the past. She fears Anna risks throwing all her progress away for a personal experiment.
Now, a young woman, Anna wants to know what life would really be like without the dulling effect of medication. Would everything be more real, exciting, fulfilling, and enjoyable?
Her treatment is no longer her mother’s decision and no one, her psychiatrist included can compel her to stay medicated.
This is a funny and brilliantly observed piece about autonomy, mental health, and the medication of children. This play will guarantee playwright Kendall Feaver‘s place as one of Australia’s new generation of great writers.
Directed by Liz Chance with a talented and engaging cast, this play is well worth seeing.
OPENING 13 OCTOBER.
Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:30pm & Sundays at 5pm.