Tue, Feb 08
|London
joshua (and me)
Writer, actor & musician Rachel Hammond struggled to find a story that represented her experience of having a sibling with autism - so she wrote one herself! A story full of laughter, love, sibling-hood, and change.
Time & Location
Feb 08, 2022, 7:45 PM
London, 207 Upper St, London N1 1RL, UK
About
Mission statement: understand Joshua’s world. Hannah lives by the seaside with Mum, Dad, and two brothers, Ben and Joshua. The brothers are very different. Ben lets Hannah in his room, they play spies together, and, sometimes, he even gives her a hug. These things aren't possible with Joshua. It’s like he speaks a different language.
We have to learn about each other’s worlds, says Mum.
Mission accepted.
Full of laughter, love, and original music, Joshua (and me) explores what it's like to grow up in a house where, however loved you are, your needs are not your family's first concern. As Hannah grows, so does her understanding of Joshua. We journey with her from seven to eighteen, when it’s time to leave home. But Hannah’s life has been moulded around the needs of her brother: “I don’t know who I am if I’m not his sister”. How can she find her…