A-Typical Rainbow
Cast: 3f 3m with specified doubling
Staging: Simple but imaginative staging, some projected images and text
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
7 Jul 2022Size: 198mm x 129mm
7 Jul 2022Size: 297mm x 210mm
7 Jul 2022
A-Typical Rainbow
Paperback
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A4 Spiral-bound
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Ebook
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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 conform to the 'real world', he has to make a choice. Should he live authentically and risk stigma, or can he continue to hide?
Based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community, JJ Green's A-Typical Rainbow is an uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain.
It premiered at London's Turbine Theatre in June 2022, produced by Aria Entertainment, directed by Bronagh Lagan, and starring playwright JJ Green, who is a passionate advocate for autistic artists like himself.
This edition includes the full text of the play along with contributions from the largely – and proudly – neurodivergent cast and creative team.
This play is also available as an A4 Edition. With spiral binding, a larger print size and additional space for notes, this format is ideal for directors, stage managers, actors and others to use in rehearsal and production.
To order, simply select the 'A4 Spiral-bound' option above. Please note A4 Editions are only available for delivery within the UK.
'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.'
'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 MagazineCast: 3f 3m with specified doubling
Staging:Simple but imaginative staging, some projected images and text
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
7 Jul 2022Size: 198mm x 129mm
7 Jul 2022Size: 297mm x 210mm
7 Jul 2022
