The unjust treatment of people with learning disabilities is placed centre stage in this springboard of ideas from Back to Back, the neurodiverse theatre company based in Australia. This is part education, part rebellion, and part warning for what’s to come.
We have been invited to a town hall meeting held by Scott Price, Sarah Mainwaring and Simon Laherty. A charismatic and argumentative trio, they play themselves and co-author the script alongside Michael Chan, Mark Deans, Sonia Teuben and director Bruce Gladwin. Holding the stage with ease, they want to change the way disabled people are treated. By explaining what people with learning disabilities have been subjected to through time, they hope to raise awareness, create a community, and stop the future from echoing the past.
