[van-announce] Fwd: INVITATION TO "SPIRALLING WITHIN" a Multi media, one woman show

[Gallery Gachet]

the absolut theatre company presents:
SPIRALING WITHIN

A multimedia play by
Siobhan McCarthy
Directed by
Mercedes Baines

GALLERY GACHET
Feb. 5,6,7, 2003 @ 8PM
88 East Cordova Street, Vancouver
TIX -  by donation (previews)
and at
BLINDING LIGHT CINEMA
Feb. 11-15th 2003@ 8PM
Special matinee performance on Feb. 16th 2003 @ 2PM
36 Powell Street, Vancouver
TIX - $10
*for group orders and more info, call: 604.872.4902 ext. 231

For more information please visit
http://www.whoareyoucallingcrazy.com

media relations- TWH Publicity, Productions & Designs
Publicist-T.Paul Ste. Marie

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Spiraling Within is an odyssey into the mind of a young woman.
Kayla "pops" her pills of choice and "trips" through bus rides, raves and 
psych wards.

Written by S. Siobhan McCarthy and Directed by Mercede Baines, Spiraling
Within is a bold, innovative multi-media one- woman show that combines
statistics, dance, movement and darkly humoured scenes to explore mental
illness and examine the system from the inside out.

Comissioned by the Canadian Mental Health Association, Delta Branch, the
play explores the issues that surround Depression, Obsessions, Anxiety,
Bi-Polar Disorder and the ways in which these are dealt with by society,
families and individuals. Adapted from the enormously successful, Who Are
You Calling Crazy!?!, Spiraling Within guarantees to stimulate, educate
and entertain both youth and adults alike.
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REVIEWS OF "WHO ARE YOU CALLING CRAZY!?!"

"Who Are You Calling Crazy!?! is proof that live theatre lacks no courage
when tackling tough issues" - Peter Birnie, The Vancouver Sun
"Who Are You Calling Crazy!?! reads like a Generation Y diary- it's honest
and highly emotive with lonely
poetry,...so authentic is this "just say no" show, it may be the "tween"
pick of the Fringe." -Kendra Fanconni, The Georgia Straight

"S. Siobhan McCarthy is one mean scriptwriter. In Who Are You Calling
Crazy!?! she manages to tackle a difficult topic- mental illness with
boldness, sensitivity, and poignancy." - Fara Tabatabai, The Ubyssey

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

"I found the play to be very informative and it ignited some very serious=

and important questions
with the members and staff at
Gallery Gachet - a consumer driven gallery."

"It was thought invoking, captivating, factual, and
intense."
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BIO
S. Siobhan McCarthy- (Actor/ Writer/ Producer)
Siobhan originally hails from Toronto where she trained, competed and
toured as a National Precision Figure Skater for over half her life. She
then lived in Europe before "heading West" and graduating with her Honours
Degree in Theatre from U.B.C. in the fall of 1998. Past Directing credits
include: Happy Meal, See Bob Run, A Soldier's Tale, Drunken Bliss!?!
MacBeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Comedy of Errors and the awarding winning
Bold Girls. Equity Co-Op's include W.O.W-wow!!!, and Who Are You Calling
Crazy !?! Siobhan also loves to perform.  Some acting film and television
credits include Animal Miracles, Still Life, A Bug and a Bag of
Weed,  Last Wedding, Druken Bliss, and The Sound of Empties. Favourite
Stage Credits include:  A Witch in Macbeth, The title role in Claire,
Star, in Five Dollar Drinks and Andrea in Who Are You Calling Crazy!?!

BIO
MERCEDES BAINES (director)
Mercedes Baines is a writer, performer, director, drama teacher and the
Artistic Director of La Luna Productions. She is the co author/performer
of numerous plays including Peaches and Scream and White, Dark and
Bittersweet and sole author/performer of two one woman shows: Erotique and
her critically acclaimed show, Love Bites receiving a Jessie Richardson
nomination for best play. She teaches acting and playmaking to youth and
adults throughout the Lower ainland including Simon Fraser University and
the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She has collaborated on many projects with
young people; most recently, The Reclaiming Project - a family history
story telling program for elementary schools and Persephone and the
Pomegranate for the Public Dreams Society where she is also the youth
co-ordinator. She received a directing apprenticeship scholarship through
Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada and was a visiting director at
Calgary's One Yellow Rabbit . Her directing credits include Afrocentric ,
Marking Time , Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Arts Club Theatre)
and the workshop production at the of Finding My Way - Tale in Taps
written and performed by Santa Aloi as well as numerous plays with
children and youth. Her poetry is published in miscegenation blues, Poetry
Nation ,Bluesprint , North, Colour.An issue and short fuse. In 1998 she
completed a poetry video for Bravo TV's Planet Poetry. She just completed
The Last Leaf, a children's play for Public Dreams about the environment.
She is currently working on a new play: Two Lip Tango for the Arts Club
Theatre and her one person show Love Bites was remounted May 2002 with
Vancouver's Ruby Slippers.
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For more information please visit
http://www.whoareyoucallingcrazy.com
For school bookings please contact S. Siobhan McCarthy at (604) 263-1854

media relations- TWH Publicity, Productions & Designs
Publicist-T.Paul Ste. Marie