Theatre for Living presents maladjusted.
The system. The people. The play.

Created and performed by mental health patients and caregivers, maladjusted is an audience interactive play that explores the effects of a mechanized mental health system in a powerful way, weaving together three narratives that demonstrate the different ways a mechanized approach to mental health affects both people accessing care and people providing it. maladjusted seeks to engage audiences in meaningful dialogue around mental health, giving community members a platform to voice ideas around humanizing the mental health system. The process is fun, profound, entertaining, and full of surprises.

This innovative dialogue about humanizing mental health is touring into 18 communities in BC and 8 in Alberta January to March 2015. We will be ending the tour with 9 shows at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver, March 20-28th!

maladjusted engages audiences with powerful images and authentic voices weaving together three very personal narratives: A young teenager struggling with sadness over her friend’s suicide is misdiagnosed by her doctor; a young homeless man who is legitimately taking prescription meds gets thrown into dangerous circumstances by social workers who are, from within a mechanizing system, trying their best to help him; and finally, there is all of us, unable to adjust to the needs of a maladjusted mental health sector, who become potential agents for change.

maladjusted takes us on an intimate journey, builds up to a breathtaking crisis and then STOPS. Next, at this heightened moment of suspense, we are invited to engage with the characters in a safe, entertaining and creative space where anything is possible!

Directed and Joked by Vancouver’s veteran theatre maker “local hero” and “international treasure” David Diamond, and performed by a very talented cast of patients and caregivers who really know the mental health system. maladjusted is two and a half hours of riveting, ground-breaking and perspective altering forum theatre.

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