A-Typical Rainbow
$41.12
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2022
Summary
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.
An imaginative child’s glorious fantasies – of dolphins and dragonflies, gingerbread houses and chocolate rivers – offer him an escape from hostile reality.
When reality dictates he has to con…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839041037 |
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| ISBN-10: | 183904103X |
| Author: | JJ Green |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 116g |
| Dimensions: | 7mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
‘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 *‘A colourful testament to the power of imagination’
* The Stage *‘Delightful: full of colour, metaphor and lashings of humour… a rare, insightful, golden moment of theatre’
* Reviews Hub *‘Powerful, emotional and enchanting… everything about this show is magical… an incredibly raw and honest piece… Green’s writing is something else entirely, a rare talent that needs to be treasured and exalted’
* Broadway Baby *‘A hugely important piece of theatre… gives unparalleled agency to its autistic protagonist, and its message light-footedly unpicks stigmas and untruths about autism… the queer romance which blossoms in the second act is not only brilliantly written but exudes euphoria’
* WhatsOnStage *‘The play has a great richness, not least because it is drawn from real, lived experience… a rounded piece of theatre peppered with “I never knew that” facts… the play is full of insights about the world within the mind of a neurodivergent character… full of reflective monologues, which offer opportunities for students looking for exam pieces, but it also has a number of lovely scenes of interaction between characters that offer interesting challenges… I loved this play’
* Drama & Theatre Magazine *JJ Green
JJ Green is an actor, writer and disability-in-the-arts consultant. As a writer he led on the project An Adapter Plug Guide to Autism in the Arts, which launched through Equity UK in 2021. His play A-Typical Rainbow was premiered at Turbine Theatre, London, in 2022.
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