Intimate relationships between people with disabilities are rarely depicted on stage or screen. What is left behind in that gaping chasm are thousands of lives, each with stories of their own, about how love has touched and shaped them.
Christina Kitromilides and Jeff Lamb are one such couple. They met five years ago in Chorlton through a community drama group, and have been together ever since. Christina has Down syndrome and Jeff is autistic, and they support each other with their disabilities as well as with all of life’s other challenges.
They are chronicling their love in a play aptly called My Darling , which is described as an ‘exploration of emotions, sexual desire, and physical restrictions through movement, live dialogue, and digital footage,’ and will be taking place at Pearl Mill in Stockport on the first weekend of July. The play is a depiction of their relationship during lockdown, which kept them apart due to government restrictions for months at a time.
