Speed is Emotional
Whangarei Season
ONEONESIX, 17 & 18 Feb
6:30pm
Pōneke, Wellington Season
Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts
Circa Theatre, 11 – 28 Mar
Tues – Sat 7pm, Sun 4pm
Kirikiriroa, Hamilton Season
Hamilton Arts Festival
The Meteor, 21 & 22 Feb
Sat 7pm, Sun 4pm
“Living life at high voltage”
ADHD - it’s so hot right now!
Creative powerhouse Jo Randerson (ONZM) unpacks their diagnosis, neurodivergent parenting, sad songs, men taking their time, and so much more in this highly lauded “funny as hell” theatre extravaganza. Speed Is Emotional is so much more than a performance - it’s a revelation.
Jo Randerson has a brain that never stops and a fountain of restless energy fuelling their fiercely funny artistic voice. Who knew?! that this fountain was fed by something they had diagnosed in their 40s alongside their son: ADHD.
Jo has always lived life at high voltage. A true arts polymath, they have accumulated achievements, accolades, and acclaim as a PerformerComedianWriterActivistDirectorCuratorTheatremakerFilmmakerWitchClown, recently receiving the 2023 Topp Prize for comedy.
In Speed Is Emotional Jo bares their soul, sharing the exhilaration, exhaustion, joy, and absurdity of living and parenting with neurodivergence. Jo weaves their punk poetic magic into a beautiful comedy about transcending labels and living with a voltage so high it’s going to blow the mains.
If anyone in your life likes to do things at 4x speed, do not miss this transformative comedy theatre event.
““…cripplingly funny, achingly painfilled, and deeply, deeply personal.””
