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Disability and the 'new normal': why Australia needs to ramp up access to stage and screen by Steve Dow

Australia is '20 years behind' in terms of disability-led performance and the fight for real representation is just beginningIn the old courthouse in Geelong, 75km south-west of Melbourne, the Back to Back theatre troupe is rehearsing their new play, Lady Eats Apple. Mark Deans begins the read-through of act three. "Blue car," he says and, as per the script, is upbraided that " being a man with Down syndrome " he has…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56PM on September 23, 2016

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