Super Awesome World
by Amy Conway
“affecting, life-affirming and beautiful.”
★★★★
- Jon Stapley for ThreeWeeks
At 10 years old, Amy was master of the Nintendo Entertainment System. She saved kingdoms and rescued princesses on a daily basis. She was a hero: a defender of peace and justice; a protector of worlds! Until she grew up. And suddenly gaming seemed like a waste of time. A pursuit for people with too much time on their hands.
Super Awesome World sees Amy stepping back into the immersive world of gaming to embark on a quest for good mental health. But she cannot succeed alone – she needs your help. Are you up to the challenge?
Super Awesome World is an autobiographical interactive show about video games that invites the audience to join Amy Conway as allies in her fight against depression. A performance that explores, through the prism of gaming, what depression is like and what it is like to fight it. The show asks the audience to become Amy's fellow adventurers in an playful experience that asks difficult questions and quests for elusive sparks of joy in the deep dark multi-user dungeons of the soul.
Recommended age 12+ A show for adults, teenagers and anyone that has ever battled the darkness inside.
Super Awesome World is availble for touring.
Written and performed by Amy Conway
With direction, sound and video design by Rob Jones
Produced by Sarah Wilson for RiotBox Productions
The project was developed with support from Tron Labs at the Tron Theatre, Platform and the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
“so heartfelt and honest that it left this stony-hearted critic a tearful mess.”
★★★★★
- Liam Rees for Broadway Baby
“It was brave and bold and, as someone who has experienced depression, left me feeling a lot better about myself.”
★★★★★
- Mairi Therese Gilfedder for Get2gether
“The audience gets hands-on examples of the pleasure of play…
…there's a palpable honesty that pays off gangbusters”
★★★★
- David James for London City Nights
