Tony McCaffreyTony McCaffrey

Tony McCaffrey is the author of Incapacity and Theatricality, published by Routledge in 2019. After many years’ experience internationally as an actor, writer, and director, he is currently a Lecturer in Creative Industries at Ara Institute, and Director of Christchurch’s Different Light Theatre. Tony was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1958.

Giving voice: making theatre with actors who have intellectual disabilities

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A new book by Tony McCaffrey deals with stage performances by people who have intellectual disabilities. John Lambie was an actor with Down Syndrome. He had had been part of the initial intake of children in 1965 into Hohepa Canterbury, a residential community in Christchurch for people with intellectual disabilities, run on the principles of Rudolf Steiner. In 2015, John … Read more