Jody O’Neill's highly researched and devised play manages to be both informative and entertaining while striking a difficult balance between tragedy and optimism.
This script and production were created at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, for the Rough Magic company, featuring a cast of six actors including the writer, who play a myriad of characters and roles exploring and expressing what it's like to be autistic.
The play recommends using a mixed cast of autistic and non-autistic actors and is a moving piece of TIE (theatre in education), using Brechtian techniques to make its points. Opening the piece is the stark statistic that only 16 per cent of autistic adults are in employment due to their failure to make eye contact.
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