joey

sean burn - writerjessie kesson literary fellow - moniack mhor, scotlands writing centre 2016. part of graeae's first year of 'write to play' scheme developing disabled / deaf writers, including a placement at the royal court theatre and mentoring from Selma Dimitrijevic. third full-length collection of poetry - is that a bruise or a tattoo still available from shearsman. previous full-length plays include cutter (half moon theatre (time outs play of the year for young people)), ghost-tag (edinburgh fringe), sweet (ctc), taking the blood of butterflies (oval house theatre), voices (pegasus youth theatre), & next swan down the river might be black (gobscure national tour, published by aurora metro). last full-length play collector of tears toured nationally by gobscure, was north-east play of the year (british theatre guide), and was published by aurora metro.

"It's an epic, rebellious rollercoaster of a story that takes us out on the town squealing John Peel banshee, howling under every star." - Disability Arts Online; "Brought to life by incredible physical performances from Scott Turnbull and Faye Alyvi, both playing the central character but delivering in different languages (English and British Sign Language), the performances track our central character from early playground activities through to prison, shock therapy and hospitalisation to becoming the ultimate rebellion icon. Ending with a parable style monologue encouraging us all to ‘be joey’, joey is an impactful show which asks us to consciously consider how our lives, and the way we conduct ourselves, can be used to deliver small, but impactful, protests against ineffective, elitist, government policies. Brutal, hard-hitting and deeply thought provoking." - NARC Magazine;