Amy Conway
Writer, Performer, & Creative Facilitator
Super Awesome World
Winner of Summerhall's Autopsy Award 2017
Nominated for the Scottish Arts Club Theatre Award 2017
Nominated for The Scotman's new Mental Health Fringe Award 2017
Winner of a United Solo Festival (NYC) award for Best Production 2018
★★★★★ ‘stunning storytelling’ Edinburgh Festival Magazine
★★★★★ ‘a hidden gem of the Fringe’ Broadway Baby
★★★★★ ‘both positive and engaging’ Get2gether
★★★★ ‘perfectly conceived and executed’ The Scotsman
★★★★ ‘affecting, life-affirming and beautiful’ Three Weeks
★★★★ ‘a palpable honesty that pays off gangbusters’ London City Nights
A long time ago in a soulless chasm deeper than space and time itself, the Darkness stirred, stretched its poisonous form and flexed its claws.
At the same time in a bedroom at the end of the universe, a great warrior tossed, whimpered and gripped the ancient Shield of Duvet tighter.
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 is an autobiographical 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 audience become Amy's fellow adventurers in an interactive 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.
Written and performed by Amy Conway
With direction, sound and video design by Rob Jones
Produced and production managed by Sarah Wilson for RiotBox Productions
Developed with support from the Tron Theatre, Platform, the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and Summerhall.