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Carol is disabled. She must apply to the Department for Work & Pensions for welfare.

Abby applies for a well paying job assessing Personal Independence Payment claimants on behalf of the DWP.

A stage play based on real conversations between disabled people and assessors, doctors, and the public, as well as whistleblowers who have called out the "grave and systematic violations" (UN, 2016) of disabled peoples' rights in the UK.

Shortlisted for the Snoo Wilson Award (2018). Winner of the Norfolk Arts New Writing Award (2022).

"The outcome of MP's heartlessness on real people." - Norwich Eye

"It is impossible not to be moved." - Iceni Post

"Astute and harrowing: one of the most affecting and eloquent pieces of political theatre." - Norwich Radical

"Marie is a person who makes theatre to make change." - Concrete

Author: Amie M. Marie
Publisher: Mandells House Publishing
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 130
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9781838376949

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