Graeae's story continues...
In Spring, a T.I.E. production, Equality Street, devised by Ashley Grey and Geoff Armstrong goes on a school tour. This tour initially targeted schools throughout London, however due to the success of these initial presentations, the tour continued throughout the rest of the year and led to a training course that was hosted in 1988.
A tour of England and Wales of Noel Grieg’s Working Hearts presented audiences with a reflection of the relationship of disability artistic expression throughout the rest of the year.
Spring:
- Equality Street, a T.I.E. production went on an initial school tour throughout London during the Easter Holiday period. Further touring continued throughout the year. The production involved an additional training course hosted in 1988.
August- November:
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Working Hearts goes on tour of England and Wales.
Working Hearts in Graeae’s words: “In Working Hearts, GRAEAE theatre looks beneath the surface of disability as a simple ‘issue’ and reflects upon those things which disabled people are often denied – love, sexuality, art, desire, aspiration. The story of four people is interwoven with a surreal commentary on the nature of theatre itself, questioning the nature of ‘work’ and art’. A Chinese box of wit, pathos and anger, this play represents a new development in GRAEAE’s work, and a new challenge to the notion that disabled artists are limited in their areas of expression.”Reviewer’s words: “Greig’s play, which was cast soon after he began working on it, was written for the individual performers’ abilities. Set in a brush-making factory, the play highlights the way in which those with disabilities are taught not to have any expectations of their real abilities but are constantly limited and defined by other people’s attitudes. In both form (in using disabled actors) and content the play challenges theatrical conventions.” Helen Rose, Time out, 23-29 July 1986.
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