By Janet Brown. APA Ensemble (Victoria). Co-Directors & Co-Designers: Iris Walshe-Howling and Janine McKenzie. La Mama Courthouse. February 21 - February 25, 2018
'You name it, I've tried it,' says Dave (Simon Finch). 'But nothing works for me.'
People with mental health challenges often find that those challenges isolate them. In The Hope Song, the APA Ensemble has chosen to embrace people with mental health challenges and give a voice to the voiceless.
Janet Brown crafted this theatre piece from interviews she conducted in 2016 and 2017. Every word the actors speak were spoken by the seven people she interviewed.