Chapter 13 Christian O’Reilly Talks about His Writing on Disability for the Stage and for the Screen
In: Disability and Dissensus: Strategies of Disability Representation and Inclusion in Contemporary Culture
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Abstract
The chapter is a transcription of a talk delivered by Irish award-winning playwright and screenwriter Christian O’Reilly at the University of Łódź on 26th September 2015. O’Reilly discusses his contribution to Damien O’Donnell’s film Inside I’m Dancing (2004) and the process of creating the play Sanctuary (2012) that he wrote for, and in close collaboration with, the actors of Blue Teapot, a professional Irish theatre company of people with intellectual disability. His unique testimony not only provides an invaluable insight into his artistic strategies, but also sheds light on the history of the independent living movement and disability activism in Ireland in the 1990s.