Mandy Colleran

Mandy Colleran (born 7 July 1962[1][2]) is a comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist.

Mandy Colleran
Born (1962-07-07) 7 July 1962
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist
Known forFormer director of DaDaFest
Awards2007 Lifetime Achievement award from DaDaFest

Career

Mandy Colleran has been involved in disability arts since the 1980s.[3] She is a member of the comedy trio No Excuses along with Mandy Redvers-Rowe and Ali Briggs.[4] In 1986 Colleran became Joint Development Officer of Arts Integration Merseyside (AIM) with John McGrath, it later became North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF).[5] In 1990 Colleran became a director of NWDAF.[6]

Credits
Stage
Television
  • 1995 The Alphabet Soup Show (BBC) [9]
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.

Awards

Further reading

References
  1. Mandy Colleran [@disabilitydiva] (7 July 2012). "Have had a fab 50th birthday, surrounded by friends, old and new. Also, topped off by beautiful surprise from @JakeArnott. :))" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Amanda Louise COLLERAN - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. Ouch Team (27 November 2007). "13 Questions: Mandy Colleran". bbc.co.uk/ouch. BBC Ouch! It's a disability thing. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. Williams, Mick (7 December 2009). "Winners revealed at DaDaFest Awards 2009, Liverpool". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. "Disability Arts Chronology   1976 - 1989: (1986)". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. Bidder, Joe (8 May 2008). "Ruth Gould: Creative Force in Disability Arts". disabilityartsonline.org.uk. Disability Arts Online. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. Arnott, Jake (6 July 2012). "Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott". The Guardian | Books | My Hero. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  8. O'Reilly, Kaite (30 August 2012). "In Water I'm Weightless". kaiteoreilly.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  9. "The Alphabet Soup Show (1995)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. Jones, Catherine (30 November 2007). "Top honours for deaf and disability artists". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 June 2017.


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