THERAPY: A Musical Comedy

True crime fun-facts, realising you joined a cult and boldly announcing your intrusive thoughts. Yeah - we sing about these things.

A one (and a half) woman musical following a woman's visits to therapy with the hope of a quick fix for dizzy-spells. Instead, she spends a few sessions avoiding serious questions, laughing about being human, and finally addressing something from her past she's ignored for too long.

THERAPY is based on real events, with script and score by Chelsea McRae and Mario Sadra de-Jong with support from the University of Otago School of Performing Arts. The show discusses mental illness, suicide, sexual assault, and uses strong language.

• "Amazingly raw and personal, without being self-indulgent or off-put-y." - Dunedin Fringe Audience
• "It is incredibly funny. Both for people who have been on a mental health journey and those who have not." - Dunedin Fringe Audience
• "The audience's laughter made it clear we had all put our foot in our mouths before." - Broadway World
• "THERAPY celebrates the messy parts of personhood, holding space for the non-linearity of trauma and healing." - Theatreview

• Theatre
• $30.00
• 25 February 2025-1 March 2025
• 55 minutes
• BATS Theatre
• The Stage
• 13+
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  Medium Coarse Language, Drug References, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assult, Suicide or Suicidal Ideation, Death, Mental Illness