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Blasted
Photograph Patrick Baldwin
graeae

Text-based, New writing

SIZE OF COMPANY
Small-medium scale

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-medium scale

PERMANENT STAFF
CEO/Artistic Director
Jenny Sealey

Executive Director
Judith Kilvington

Access Support Manager
Claire Saddleton

General Manager
Kevin Walsh

Administrative Assistant
Radha Manjeshwar

Creative Projects Manager
Alex Bulmer

Finance Manager
Kudzai Mushangwe

Access Support Assistant
Michael Achtman

ARTISTIC POLICY
Graeae places disabled artists centre stage and produces bold and radical interpretations of extant texts written by disabled and non-disabled writers. The company provides comprehensive performance, writing, and /technical training opportunities and a diversity of education models to inspire a new generation of theatre makers.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Superbly directed by Jenny Sealey, this version features two disabled actors for each of the main parts, which allows on-stage signing and gives the piece a balletic feel and poetic resonance.' The Stage (Bent)

'Jenny Sealey's production strips the play back to its barest bones, but also layers it: here, the emotionally disabled and damaged characters are played by actors with physical disability. The result is sometimes electrifying and frequently uncomfortable, making seedy hack Ian's emotional and physical abuses of the fragile and naive Cate seem even more appalling.' The Guardian (Blasted)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Blasted By Sarah Kane. Directed by Jenny Sealey. Available for international touring. (3 on stage, 6 on the road)

Whiter than Snow By Mike Kenny, a co-production with Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company, directed by Jenny Sealey. This new play is a re-telling of the Snow White fairytale from the perspective of people of short stature, interweaving issues of cloning and scientific experimentation with the question ‘who has the right to play Snow White?’ (6 on stage, 1 sign language interpreter, 10 on the road)

Seventh Word (working title) By Dan Rebellato. A co production with Suspect Culture directed by Jenny Sealey and Graham Eatough. (4 on stage, 7 on the road)

The Crippleage By Richard Cameron. A new play about the hidden history of disabled women who made silk flowers for the aristocracy, their war effort and their lives in John Grooms Institutes. (6 on stage, 2 sign language interpreters, 11 on the road)

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
All productions tour with a robust education programme for schools and colleges exploring the issues in the play. The company offers specialist workshops on Artistic Accessibility to mainstream directors, colleges and universities.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 Ireland (Diary of an Action Man 2005)
2004 Ireland (Bent)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.