Jenny Sealey tells us at the off that this production is not what it was supposed to be. She set out with the idea of adapting Anne Fine’s book Flour Babies before real life took hold of her creativity and she changed course.
Self-Raising marks a changing of direction in more ways than one: the artistic director of disabled-led theatre company Graeae, Sealey becomes both performer and joint writer, with Mike Kenny, marking her debut as a playwright for the stage.
