This play successfully triggers empathy in the audience and as I looked around, I saw kids deeply engaged and connected to these issues. Other issues such as bullying are dissected from a different point of view, giving the audience the background into the bully Rock’s (Sean Baek) home life. All of these elements connect the dots of Jamie’s world and bring the audience into the chaos that is her mind.ĭoherty lightly addresses the issues of separation and divorce for Max in a truthful manner that made the story more believable. Jamie’s journey is all the more enhanced by sound designer Michael Rinaldi, who scores Jamie’s super hero moves with such staple comic sounds as ‘whoosh!’, ‘bam!’, and ‘crash!’. Set designer Nigel Scott brings the super hero world to life with bright, vivid colours in a multifunctional, minimalistic set. Sargisson effortlessly transforms into a hyperactive child with a wild imagination and works with the audience by explaining how her story will unfold in order to battle through her issues as well as help her friends through their own problems. This play, which is presented for young audiences and tours schools in the region, reaches out to children with or without ADHD and deals with timeless struggles of bullying, friendship, and understanding. With the help of her smart and timid best friend Max (Daniel Maslany), she tries to manage her ‘superpower’ and the hardships that come with it. Chris Craddock’s production of The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh, directed by Kerry Ann Doherty, brings us into this world through the character Jamie (Amelia Sargisson), a pre-teen girl with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) who believes she has the superpower of speed. Nicola Franco writes: Imagine-a-mind-where-everything-moves-so-fast-that-the-rest-of-the-world-can’t-keep-up.
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