Self-Raising
Show Bio
‘It starts with a secret. It’s a real secret and I had to keep it for a long time.’
Award winning Artistic Director of Graeae, Jenny Sealey has spent a lifetime championing stories by Deaf and disabled artists. Now she takes to the stage to tell her own story. Unravelling the past and facing the future, Self-Raising is a blisteringly honest, laugh-out-loud one-woman show about growing up deaf in a family with secrets.
Reviews
“…in this fully accessible show – she is a warm, captivating presence as she shares her secret.“
- The Stage
“It felt like a privilege having this life story shared with us”
- British Theatre
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