Beschreibung:
Sean Burn is a Jessie Kesson literary fellow - Moniack Mhor, Scotland's writing centre 2016. Part ofGraeae's first year of 'Write to play' scheme developing disabled / deaf writers, including aplacement at the Royal Court Theatre and mentoring from Selma Dimitrijevic. Third full-lengthcollection of poetry - is that a bruise or a tattoo now available.Previous full-length plays include cutter (Half Moon Theatre [Time Out's Play of the Year for YoungPeople]), ghost-tag (Edinburgh Fringe), sweet (CTC), taking the blood of butterflies (Oval HouseTheatre), voices (Pegasus Youth Theatre), & next swan down the river might be black (gobscurenational tour, published by Aurora Metro).Last full-length play collector of tears toured nationally by gobscure, was north-east play of theyear (British Theatre Guide), and was published by Aurora Metro.
'The similarities to now are searing. The UK has a hard-right government. There are savage cuts inwelfare and wages against a backdrop of race hate, riots, hunger strikes and 'punk'
- the voiceless youths' call to arms to resist suppression. Joey is the story of three teenagers growing up in care.
Towards the end of their childhood, disabled author Joey Deacon goes on BBC TV's Blue Peter and
overnight 'joey' becomes a term of abuse in schoolyards across the country.' - Disability Arts Online
joeytheplay.com