CRIPS WITH CHIPS comes to Mercury Theatre Colchester; tickets are free

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Graeae Theatre Company's scratch night, directed by Jenny Sealey, platforms disabled and neurodivergent writers.

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Graeae, in association with Mercury Theatre Colchester, has announced CRIPS WITH CHIPS, an eclectic scratch night of short plays and extracts, platforming Disabled and neurodivergent writers and their new work. Tickets for the event on 31 July are free and chips are served as an accompaniment to an evening of never seen before work.

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Brought together by a collaboration between Mercury Theatre and Graeae Theatre Company, nine new pieces have been created under the mentorship of the award-winning writer, Nicola Werenowska. Directed by Jenny Sealey , Artistic Director, Graeae, with a second director to be announced soon.

Jenny Sealey , Graeae's Artistic Director says:

“I'm very excited to be introducing this fabulous cohort of writers and their plays onto the Mercury stage. What is better than being entertained, informed and enlightened and with the best chips at the interval. This is my kind of evening. Come and join me.”

The event will be BSL interpreted and captioned, with audio description creatively embedded and presented in a relaxed environment.

Mercury Theatre priority sales go live at 10am Tuesday 26 May and general sales go live at 10am Friday 29 May. All bookings go through Mercury Theatre. www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

‘ The National Theatre of disability' Jack Thorne . For over 45 years, Graeae has cultivated and championed the best in Deaf, Disabled and neurodivergent talent, locally, nationally and internationally.

Graeae is passionate about igniting artistic curiosity, championing accessibility and providing a platform for new generations of artists through the creation of trail-blazing theatre. It is also a human rights company, founded on the need to tackle social injustice, discrimination and exclusion.

Graeae's work has been seen in stadiums, theatres, schools, at festivals and streamed online. Recent productions include Jenny Sealey 's acclaimed production of Bad Lads, Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare North Playhouse and Theatre By The Lake, the award winning Self-Raising, High Times and Dirty Monsters, UK Theatre Award winner The Paradis Files, Kerbs, Olivier Award nominated 10 Nights and two seasons of the digital new work programme Crips without Constraints. Other work includes the hit Ian Dury musical Reasons to be Cheerful and outdoor spectacles The Iron Man and This Is Not For You. In addition to productions, Graeae also runs an extensive programme of training, learning, and creative professional development programmes. Since 1997, Graeae has been run by Jenny Sealey OBE, who also co-directed the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony.

Artistic Director and Joint CEO: Jenny Sealey OBE. Executive Director and Joint CEO: Kevin Walsh . For Graeae's language guide click here www.graeae.org

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/CRIPS-WITH-CHIPS-to-Open-at-Mercury-Theatre-Colchester-with-Free-Tickets-20260526)._