Unruly

This show has integral captioning. There is BSL Interpretation on Thursday 6 March. Please ask about the best seating for each. 

Audio description is written into the script, and an advance touch tour is also available for set description and a description of the character on Thurs 6 March. Please contact the Box Office to arrange this. 

Marina and Suze, a force of post-punk, police-agitating, bollocks-shouting duo were changing the world through the disability rights movement. Best friends from childhood, the pair had a loyal, fiery relationship, but now Marina has lost Suze forever, and the revolution has to stop for a while. Marina reflects on their riotous journey, embodying their world, as she summons a lineage of powerful disabled heroines.

In order to say goodbye to Suze properly, Marina questions whether it has all been worth it. Acknowledging the personal cost of campaigning, and feeling like she has to query her own role, she carefully unpacks her life and slowly removes the layers of women she was expected to be by others.

Unruly is written and performed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott alongside award-winning composer and musician Beccy Owen. Bex Bowsher directs this rare piece of disabled women-led theatre with an impassioned call to action. We invite you to celebrate these hidden radicals while considering whether doing nothing to oppose brutal injustice is ever really an option.

Unruly is a powerful, urgent show about refusing to be invisible in hostile environments and the power of friendship and community to get us through.

• Seating Access Information - Studio Theatre

  Seat size

  In our theatre the seats are 38cm (15″) wide and 44.5cm (17½”) deep. The seats are 44cm (171/3”) from the floor, and have an 8cm (3”) gap between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats have armrests on either side of the seat which cannot be removed completely. Seats on rows A, C and D have armrests which can be folded away and slot between the seat backs. On all other rows armrests are fixed and cannot be folded or removed.

  Legroom

  There is 30cm (112/3“) of legroom in front of each seat, with additional legroom in rows D and L, and in Box 1 and Box 2.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• Access Information for Unruly

  Access Information for Unruly

  This show has integral captioning. There is BSL Interpretation on Thursday 6 March. Please ask about the best seating for each.

  Audio description is written into the script, and an advance touch tour is also available for set description and a description of the character on Thurs 6 March. Please contact the Box Office to arrange this.

  Access Culture of the show

  There will be a warm welcome into the theatre. We create work to be as accessible as possible and we want audiences to feel comfortable in the space.

  Audience members who would benefit from arriving early to get comfortable in the space are welcome to/ enter up to half an hour early. Please let front of house staff aware when you arrive, and they can show you up to the studio theatre.

  It’s fine to come and go in the theatre if you need the loo or to take a break.

  People who make involuntary noises based on their conditions are welcome, and as such we expect all audience members to be respectful of all other audience members. It is a ‘tutting’ and frowning free-zone.

  There is no audience participation during the show, so no one will be put on the spot for anything.

  Access dogs are welcome. Do let us know in advance where possible.

  Music and Sound

  All music is performed live by one musician/sound artist/singer. Some of the music is in a punk style and so many have attitude and a degree of reasonable volume. No loud bangs and no distorted sound are expected.

  There are a couple of moments where the actor raises their voice in the context of the play – you can find a detailed sound map linked on the website or at Box Office.

  Content awareness

  The play explores themes of friendship and loss, reflection on life events, amazing disabled women from history who achieved incredible things against very challenging and discriminatory social backdrops. There are references to death – there is no detail described. Drinking alcohol excessively as a young person is referenced. All of these things are carefully balanced with the celebration of disabled people’s lives and triumphs, of friendship and community. There is a message of hope and a call to action.

  We can provide more details of content, so please do contact box office with any questions. 01642 525199 and email  [email protected]

• Companion Ticket Scheme

  A free ticket is available to a companion accompanying a disabled person to an event, where it is an access requirement. To book a companion ticket or accessible seating as part of your order please contact the Box Office team on 01642 525199 or email [email protected]

  You can tell us about any other access requirements you have at the time of booking.