Director’s 
note

Back to reality is the story of a slow, constantly evolving process of awareness of our ableism as individuals and as a society. This process mainly evolves around two questions:
How are people with a difference integrated into the world of work?
How are they cared for at the end of their lives?

Rather than conducting a sociological investigation, the show sets out to look at these questions through the keyhole of an intimate story, the story of three sisters, while also leaving plenty of room for dreams, imagination, and the pleasure of play and music.

In the creative process, my questioning of disability turned out to be part of a broader questioning which is echoed in the show. Where do we belong?  

What part do differences and similarities play in our identities? 

Born of English parents, affected by England’s exit from the European Community, I spent two months in England, questioning what made up my identity with relation to my sisters. To do so, I met lots of different artists and communities allover England. This period of research ended with our invitation to a young English professional actor, dancer and TV presenter George Webster, to join the cast and whose presence strongly influenced the play and led us to write a bilingual show.

Back to Reality is a story about how a reality without disability is a false reality but it is mainly a story that questions, more broadly, the ways in which we form community whilst still remaining individuals.