Sharon D Clarke and Harriet Walter to star in new series of plays by Graeae

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Written By Rebecca Wallis
Photo credit: Pamela Raith

Photo credit: Pamela Raith

It has been announced that Harriet Walter and Sharon D Clarke will star in a series of new plays, produced by Graeae, that will be streamed online with the aim of celebrating Deaf and disabled talent. 

The new series of plays follows on from Crips Without Constraints, which was shown online earlier this year. The series includes five new plays written by Rebekah Bowsher, Leanna Benjamin, Karen Featherstone, Jessica Lovett and Kellan Frankland who all took part in Graeae’s Write to Play programme, with all pieces being directed by upcoming disabled directors including Hana Pascal Keegan, Cheryl Martin, Stephen Bailey, Lilac Yosiphon and Alex Whiteley. 

All five shows will be filmed on Zoom and will be released weekly every Tuesday between 19 January and 16 February. From 21 January, every Thursday Graeae will release a short filmed conversation with deaf artists in British Sign Language, discussing that week’s play in detail. 

Graeae Associate Director Nickie Miles-Wildin said: “It’s exciting that disabled writers are being given the platform they deserve.”

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Rebecca Wallis

Rebecca is a self-confessed theatre obsessive, with a particular love for musicals. She has loved writing for as long as she can remember and combining this love with her passion for theatre has been one of the best decisions she’s ever made. She is currently studying journalism, with hopes of making her theatre blogging into a career one day. Her favourite ever musical is Half A Sixpence, and she could tell you anything that you could ever want to know about that show. She is honoured to be a part of the West End Best Friend team and cannot wait to see how the page grows and grows.

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