• Then Barbara Met Alan The Disability Rights Revolution

  • Apr 2 2022
  • Length: 31 mins
  • Podcast

Then Barbara Met Alan The Disability Rights Revolution

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • Then Barbara Met Alan Discussing the ground breaking BBC drama and the importance of the Disability Rights Movement in the UK and how we can keep pushing forward for change . Josh Merritt is a neurodivergent / disabled (autistic / dyspraxic) writer, director and now actor (apparently!). His play MADDIE recently completed a sold-out run at London's Arcola Theatre, garnering glowing reviews. He has been shortlisted for ITV Original Voices and is being mentored on the Media Trust / BBC / ScreenSkills 'Reframing Disability' programme by Rose d'Or-nominated Stu Richards (creator of BBC Three’s JERK). Josh is a commissioned writer-director with BBC Four/iPlayer and an Arts Council-funded filmmaker whose shorts have screened globally and been broadcast on television. A published playwright, his stage work has been commissioned by New Wolsey Theatre and Boundless Theatre. His plays have also been produced at Barbican, Folkestone Quarterhouse, and Shoreditch Town Hall. He is a founding member of the Barbican Young Filmmakers for whom he co-devised and created the stage show UNLEASHED. The Independent gave it five stars, and Josh's writing-directing work received an award from the producers of movie SIN CITY. He has also written for Rory Bremner on BBC Radio 4. Josh has numerous TV, film, theatre & audio projects in development including a coming-of-age film about autism with Nigel Cole (CALENDAR GIRLS, MADE IN DAGENHAM, DOC MARTIN) and Hannah Stevenson (BIFA-winning producer of EATEN BY LIONS), plus various audio fiction series with producer/director Jack Bowman (AudioMarvels, BBC Studios, Audible). www.joshmerritt.co.uk Josh’s agent: https://www.revolutiontalent.co.uk/writer-director-producers/josh-merritt www.twitter.com/Josh_Merritt1 www.linkedin.com/in/joshmerritt1 Follow us on The Sick and Sickening Instagram : https://bit.ly/3AiZzrb Follow our Host Roxy : The Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3GFQETf
    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about Then Barbara Met Alan The Disability Rights Revolution

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.