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.
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/"Inclusive theatre at its finest, it is warm and funny as well as being shocking and moving"The Spy in the Stalls
/"A masterpiece that pulls you into the most honest and warm-hearted description of "family" you'll find on any stage...Wholeheartedly recommended!"IthankyouTheatre
/"Jenny Sealey delivers an outstanding and uplifting performance in a brilliantly conceived and inclusive show"London Pub Theatres
/"Self-Raising is a beautiful and inclusive story of how secrets can change a person’s life"Broadway World UK
/"It is an hour spent laughing, smiling and feeling nostalgic, with honesty at its core"All That Dazzles
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Cast
Performer
Jenny Sealey
Performance Interpreter
Jeni Draper
Performance Interpreter
Ali Gordon
Performance Interpreter
Jude Mahon
Performance Interpreter
Caroline Richardson
Creatives
Director
Lee Lyford
Writers
Mike Kenny & Jenny Sealey
Designer
Anisha Fields
Lighting Designer
Emma Chapman
Captioning/Video Designer
Jonah Sealey Braverman
Associate Director & Composer