Category: disability
+ art, choir, disability, family, fiction, journalist, love, music, relationships, review, sisters, twins
Amateurs by Gill Oliver
Beth Collier, up-and-coming composer, is shamed into acting as accompanist for her mum’s amateur choir. And yes, they have a lot to teach her. There’s no monopoly on talent, though; Alice, her brain-injured twin, has quite a voice, and leads her own band. But as the truth about the sisters’ upbringing unfolds, Beth confronts big questions about her own identity. Genre: Contemporary | Humour | … Read More Amateurs by Gill Oliver
The Ha-Ha by Tom Shakespeare
Meet Fred. He is about to turn forty and has invited an eclectic group of friends to celebrate at a rented stately home. He is a wheelchair user after being paralysed in a road traffic accident, has been busy at work at his memoir and is longing to reconnect with long-standing university crush, Heather, a high-flying TV foreign correspondent. What should have been a … Read More The Ha-Ha by Tom Shakespeare
+ audio drama, Cat on a Piano, disability, fiction, friendship, love, podcast, radio play, review, Theatrephonic
AnOther World by Cat On A Piano / Theatrephonic
Adam has Cerebral Palsy. Evie has SMA2, a form of Spinal muscular atrophy**. They are both wheelchair users. Adam also has a dog called Barney who is very friendly and steals things. Adam’s physical deterioration is much slower than Evie’s, whose decline is rapid. But in a virtual reality world called AnOther World they can be whatever they want to be. Evie is a … Read More AnOther World by Cat On A Piano / Theatrephonic
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