Mandy Colleran
Mandy Colleran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 July 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist |
| Known for | Former director of DaDaFest |
| Awards | 2007 Lifetime Achievement award from DaDaFest |
Mandy Colleran (born 7 July 1962[1]) is a comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist.
Career
[edit]Mandy Colleran has been involved in disability arts since the 1980s.[2] She is a member of the comedy trio No Excuses along with Mandy Redvers-Rowe and Ali Briggs.[3] In 1986 Colleran became Joint Development Officer of Arts Integration Merseyside (AIM) with John McGrath, it later became North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF).[4] In 1990 Colleran became a director of NWDAF.[5]
Credits
[edit]- Stage
- 2009 DaDaFest Awards, Liverpool (co-presenter)[3]
- 2017 In Water I'm Weightless by Kaite O'Reilly. Directed by John McGrath, movement by Nigel Charnock.[6][7]
- Television
- 1995 The Alphabet Soup Show (BBC)
- 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Arnott, Jake (6 July 2012). "Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott". The Guardian | Books | My Hero. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ Mandy Colleran [@disabilitydiva] (7 July 2012). "Have had a fab 50th birthday, surrounded by friends, old and new. Also, topped off by beautiful surprise from @JakeArnott. :))" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Williams, Mick (7 December 2009). "Winners revealed at DaDaFest Awards 2009, Liverpool". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Disability Arts Chronology 1976 - 1989: (1986)". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Bidder, Joe (8 May 2008). "Ruth Gould: Creative Force in Disability Arts". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Arnott, Jake (6 July 2012). "Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott". The Guardian | Books | My Hero. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ O'Reilly, Kaite (30 August 2012). "In Water I'm Weightless". kaiteoreilly.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Jones, Catherine (30 November 2007). "Top honours for deaf and disability artists". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1962 births
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- 21st-century British women writers
- Actresses from Liverpool
- British feminists
- British activists with disabilities
- British actors with disabilities
- British writers with disabilities
- British stand-up comedians
- British disability rights activists
- English stage actresses
- English women comedians
- Living people
- British socialist feminists
- Comedians from Liverpool