Graeae Theatre Company
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Graeae was founded in 1980 by Nabil Shaban and Richard Tomlinson. The company built a reputation as a respected theatrical voice with audiences, critics, the arts establishment and the disabled community.
In the beginning, Nabil and Richard worked from home, running occasional one-off performances at events across the country. The first production was Sideshow, which Nabil performed and directed.
In 1981, the first United Nations Year of Disabled People, Graeae went international, visiting Greece, the home of the myth from which it derived its name.
Since those early days, the company has grown and adapted to the changing attitudes of society, and the passions of the disabled community. Under the Artistic Direction of Nabil Shaban, the company performed many shows and became established as a registered charity. Then, in 1994, Ewan Marshall became Artistic Director. Shows such as Ubu and Flesh Fly cemented the company’s reputation as a force that could last.
Since 1998, Jenny Sealey has been Artistic Director and has overseen successes such as peeling, Diary of an Action Man and Blasted. In 1999, Missing Piece was launched, an intensive and accredited training course for disabled actors, and the success of this has fed into our current training courses Scene Change and Into the Scene.
Graeae now tours nationally (and sometimes internationally) up to three times a year with imaginative and exciting productions of both classic and newly-commissioned theatre.
Graeae’s aim is to redress the exclusion of people with physical and sensory impairments from performance and to create genuinely pioneering theatre in both its aesthetic and content.
Connected mandy members:
Callum Finn
Production Manager
Terri Donovan
Actor
Callum Finn
Production Manager
Matt Lim
Actor, Entertainer
Terri Donovan
Actor
Callum Finn
Production Manager
Kirk Bowett
Artistic Director
Matt Lim
Actor, Entertainer
Becky Barry
Actor
Cassidy Davis
Assistant Stage Manager
Jonny Leitch
Sound Designer
Aiden Connor
Sound Designer
Alex Ward
Assistant Stage Manager
Robin Paley Yorke
Actor
Jeremy George
Sound Operator / Engineer
Amber Chapell
Stage Manager
Terri Donovan
Actor
Zoe Cotton
Technical Stage Manager
Patricia Davenport
Company Stage Manager
Riona Gilliland
Assistant Stage Manager
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