Graeae has a rich history of presenting productions with casts made up of Deaf, Disabled, and neurodivergent women. We have listed some key productions and projects here.

In 1987, Graeae presented their first Women’s Company production, A Private View. This was our artistic director Jenny Sealey’s first production with Graeae. A Private View toured throughout the UK and Malaysia.

In 1995, Graeae held an all-female playwriting festival, Revenge of the Graeae. This festival showcased five Disabled women who collaborated and supported each other to create five shows, which were presented over a weekend in March.

In 1999, Jenny Sealey directed A Lovely Sunday for Creve Couer by Tennessee Williams. The play follows the relationships of these four thirty-something women, their loneliness and their aspirations.

In 2002, Graeae presented Kaite O’Reilly’s peeling, which tells the story of three Deaf and Disabled women and how the world perceives them through the lens of Trojan Women. It also challenges societal expectations of motherhood as it relates to Disability.

In 2003, a group of Deaf, Disabled, and neurodivergent women came together to present The Vagina Monologues in support of VDAY. VDAY is an international movement to stop violence against women and girls.

In 2007, Graeae presented Flower Girls, which was based on the lives of the women who lived and worked in John Groom’s Crippleage in Clerkenwell in the early 20th Century.