joey

. Publishing to coincide with a regional tour
. Deals with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
. Performed with BSL interpretation
joey is a high octane monologue about multiple possibilities for survival, they've travelled far and
wide, joeys travelling still.
'The similarities to now are searing. The UK has a hard-right government. There are savage cuts in
welfare and wages against a backdrop of race hate, riots, hunger strikes and 'punk'
- the voiceless youths' call to arms to resist suppression. Joey is the story of three teenagers growing up in care.
Towards the end of their childhood, disabled author Joey Deacon goes on BBC TV's Blue Peter and
overnight 'joey' becomes a term of abuse in schoolyards across the country.' - Disability Arts Online
www.joeytheplay.com