I am enough; a cabaret

By opening your ears, you open your heart to Sherry Garner's triumph over Bipolar Disorder. By showing up, audiences co-create collective healing. I AM ENOUGH subverts the sotto voce of shame through song and stage, turning star power into hope for all.

After a mental health crisis in 2019, Sherry found herself picking up the pieces of her life as she  learned to live and thrive with a new diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.  She turned to the power of music and especially the songs that helped her through each personal event in her life to make sense of her new normal. From this, I AM ENOUGH was born.

The show premiered to a sold out audience at the Westdale Theatre in Hamilton (2022), celebrating Sherry’s 50th birthday. I AM ENOUGH is a musical cabaret that chronicles her life as a child growing up with an exceptional dream and how that dream has been shaped by her “exceptional” disorder.  It is a story of challenge, joy and triumph that will take you on a ride through one ordinary woman’s extraordinary life.    

Borrowing from popular music and the Musical Theatre songbook, Sherry takes you on a musical ride that will have you laughing, crying and singing all the way home. Join her growing up on a farm to singing on stages across the country, to becoming a mother and discovering her child has Down Syndrome. All while unknowingly living with Bipolar Disorder.  

Critically, the performance concludes with COFFEE TALK, a talk-back session allowing the audience to engage with Sherry and a panel of mental health professionals and community engagement specialists. The collective experience is one of mutual education and empathy. 

I AM ENOUGH recognizes that dialogue and connection are critical tools in the journey to mental wellness. By sharing our truths we empower one another to speak up and SING OUT.