Mandy Colleran

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Mandy Colleran
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist
Known forFormer director of DaDaFest
Awards2007 Lifetime Achievement award from DaDaFest

Mandy Colleran is a comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist.

Career

Mandy Colleran has been involved in disability arts since the 1980s.[1] She is a member of the comedy trio No Excuses along with Mandy Redvers-Rowe and Ali Briggs.[2] In 1986 Colleran became Joint Development Officer of Arts Integration Merseyside (AIM) with John McGrath, it later became North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF).[3] In 1990 Colleran became the director of NWDAF.[4]

Credits

Stage
Television
  • 1995 The Alphabet Soup Show (BBC) [7]
Film
  • Mandy Redvers-Rowe (writer/performer), Ali Briggs (writer/performer) and Mandy Colleran (writer/performer), Bren O'Callahan (director), Astra Films (filmmaker) (10 May 2015). I Know My Place by Still No Excuses (Video). No Excuses Cabaret via YouTube. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

Awards

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b Ouch Team (27 November 2007). "13 Questions: Mandy Colleran". bbc.co.uk/ouch. BBC Ouch! It's a disability thing. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Mick (7 December 2009). "Winners revealed at DaDaFest Awards 2009, Liverpool". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Disability Arts Chronology   1976 - 1989: (1986)". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ^ Bidder, Joe (8 May 2008). "Ruth Gould: Creative Force in Disability Arts". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ^ Arnott, Jake (6 July 2012). "Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott". The Guardian | Books | My Hero. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ O'Reilly, Kaite (30 August 2012). "In Water I'm Weightless". kaiteoreilly.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ^ "The Alphabet Soup Show (1995)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  8. ^ Jones, Catherine (30 November 2007). "Top honours for deaf and disability artists". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

External links

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