Mandy Colleran
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Born7 July 1962
OccupationsComic, writer, actress and disability arts activist
KnownforFormer director of DaDaFest
Awards2007 Lifetime Achievement award from DaDaFest
Mandy Colleran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 July 1962 |
| Occupations | 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.
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
- 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.