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Always Unique, Totally Interesting, Sometimes Mysterious
Written & Performed by Alyson Parovel Alyson Parovel Productions - Mississauga, ON
V.24 - PLATFORM Centre
We all know life is hard. It's even harder when verbal communication isn't your strong suit. Desperately trying to navigate her way through high school, Chloe finds hope when she discovers how she can make her voice heard without having to speak a word.
Always Unique, Totally Interesting, Sometimes Mysterious is a touching one-woman show that explores the challenges and triumphs of living with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
"Superb, deeply-etched, finely-tuned and always insightful" - Gary Smith, Hamilton Spectator

Show Info:
60 Mins
Tickets: $10

Genre:
Play-Drama

Audience:
General
No warnings Fri July 20 3:00 PM
Sat July 21 8:15 PM
Sun July 22 3:45 PM
Mon July 23 5:00 PM
Tue July 24 6:45 PM
Wed July 25 9:30 PM
Thu July 26 8:15 PM
Fri July 27 5:15 PM
Sat July 28 10:00 PM
Sun July 29 4:45 PM

Always Unique, Totally Interesting, Sometimes Mysterious Written & Performed by Alyson Parovel	Alyson Parovel Productions - Mississauga, ON	V.24 - PLATFORM Centre
	We all know life is hard. It's even harder when verbal communication isn't your strong suit. Desperately trying to navigate her way through high school, Chloe finds hope when she discovers how she can make her voice heard without having to speak a word. Always Unique, Totally Interesting, Sometimes Mysterious is a touching one-woman show that explores the challenges and triumphs of living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. "Superb, deeply-etched, finely-tuned and always insightful" - Gary Smith, Hamilton Spectator	Show Info: 60 Mins Tickets: $10 Genre: Play-Drama Audience: General No warnings	Fri July 20 3:00 PM Sat July 21 8:15 PM Sun July 22 3:45 PM Mon July 23 5:00 PM Tue July 24 6:45 PM Wed July 25 9:30 PM Thu July 26 8:15 PM Fri July 27 5:15 PM Sat July 28 10:00 PM Sun July 29 4:45 PM

Always Unique, Totally Interesting, Sometimes Mysterious

Alyson Parovel Productions—PLATFORM Centre

In the middle of a clear space in a pretty warm room, we encounter a young woman rocking back and forth as she sits on the floor surrounded by recycling items. Meet Chloe, a young woman living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is an endearing, charming passionate woman who is extremely excited about recycling, and she begins to tell her story. We also meet her sister, who expresses an enormous range of feelings of living with a sibling who has Autism.

This show got me right in the feels, as they say. It was full of real world scenarios of life in high school and struggling with a condition that is often misunderstood. Alyson Parovel uses a plethora of examples, demonstrations and metaphors to help explain what is going on in the mind of Chloe, which makes it very relatable to viewers who may have no concept of what Autism actually means or looks like.

Some phrases that stuck with me long after the show were how we all had a voice; some of us just have to fight harder to make it heard. And that when meeting someone with Autism, we have only met one person with autism; it manifests and is experienced in different ways with every individual. And for those of us who encounter it in others, what we must do is learn to listen in a different way.

This production was powerful, moving, and educational. She cites a poem called “Welcome to Holland”, a beautiful piece on raising a child with a disability, and it sheds some much needed light when a child is brought into this world who is different. But they are just as smart, clever, funny and passionate as the rest of us can be, just in a different way. It was absolutely beautiful.

Calantha Jensen