A-Typical Rainbow - Proudly presented by Lewes Drama Collective

About

The Lewes Drama Collective Saturday Youth group is proud to bring a unique coming of age story to Lewes this Spring for the first time. JJ Green´s A-Typical Rainbow is a stylised and physical theatre piece that explores the dreamlike imagination of an Autistic child's glorious fantasies – of dolphins and dragonflies, gingerbread houses and mermaids following him on his technicolour adventures of growing up as a neurodivergent and gay individual in early 2000s Britain.

"I can change colours of objects by looking at them, hear the symphonies of household simplicities, taste the emotions in a room like sweet or bitter wine, and feel life's every heartbeat breaking through my ribcage in glorious technicolour. Just don't ask me to make eye contact."

This wonderfully engrossing story is based on true events from Green's own perspective as an autistic person, and is widely accepted by members of the autistic community:

"This play was written by an autistic writer, has been read and approved by many autistic artists and marks the first time a piece of theatre has been written about us, by us, for you. It is commonplace for stories to be told about us – without us. This play aims to change that. It feels surreal and entirely golden to see what started off as words on a page finally come to life on stage."
JJ Green (Source: Whats on Stage)

The world premiere of this fantastical story debuted at London's Turbine Theatre just last summer with 5-star rave reviews, and our talented young cast members are set to present a charming show with passion, compassion and a fearless approach to the performing arts by special arrangement with Nick Hern Books,

Press Quotes

"Plenty of theatrical wonders... sparky humour and magic... clear signs of a talented playwright in the making whose work bursts with imagination and whimsy."
Guardian

"Powerful, funny, uplifting and thought provoking."
Curtain Call Reviews

"A colourful testament to the power of imagination"
The Stage

"A hugely important piece of theatre... gives unparalleled agency to its autistic protagonist, and its message light-footedly unpicks stigmas and untruths about autism."
WhatsOnStage