Digging Deep: The Adventures of Sky the Reluctant Hero

Synopsis

Nikky Norton Shafau, winner of Flying Solo 2011 presents her winning piece explore insomnia and mental health.

Our Review:

14 March 2013

Sky has not slept a wink in six months and it’s 3am. She takes us with her on a journey, perhaps trying to show the audience the fragile state of mind of people suffering with mental health problems or how they perceive the world?

I say perhaps as, to be honest, I really can’t tell. To put this into perspective, I understood both the Matrix and Inception the first time, yet I can’t work out what this play is about? Nikky Norton Shafau is the sole actress and her performance is accompanied by a few lighting effects, some projected animation and some audio, but rather than enhance the experience, these seem to just add to the confusion.

The problem seems to be that the play is trying very hard to be something, but it isn’t altogether sure what it wants to be. There is no story to speak of, and it is very hard to put anything into context.  It takes quite a while for the play to get going and when it does, you start wishing it ...

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N/A - 14 March 2013:

As a performer and someone who suffers from severe mental health this play meant so much to me. Symbolic, moving, realistic, funny, sad, could keep on with the positive adjectives. ...

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