A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy
A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy
Access All Areas returns with a new production co-created with Associate Artist Cian Binchy in collaboration with Shaun Dunne and Leah Moore
Dates and Venues
The Lowry, Salford
Friday 11 October and Saturday, 12 October 2024
Matinee
Saturday 12 October 2024
About the production
A shark, a rockstar, a guru, and a man walk into a room.
Or maybe it’s just a man?
In a surreal world of fantasies, failure, and fame, it’s hard to tell who’s really in the room with you. But Alfie’s going to try to tell you anyway.
In this darkly comic new play exploring masking, autism, mental health and fantasy, renowned autistic artist Cian Binchy (“The Level” ITV) leads you through the different worlds of his imagination, combining his signature comedic style with a noughties alternative soundtrack.
This is the first in a series of three new coproductions between award winning company Access All Areas and The Lowry, created in collaboration with writers Shaun Dunne (“How to Tell a Secret” Netflix) and Leah Moore (“Good Omens” Amazon Prime) to share perspectives from learning disabled and autistic lives.
When the person you show to the world is just a mask, what’s underneath? An authentic self? Or just some stories you tell to protect yourself?
“A riotous upending of audiences’ preconceptions of disability”
– The Guardian on Access All Areas’ Not F**kin’ Sorry
“Inside Binchy’s mind is chaotic, noisy, and confusing, but also utterly fascinating and wildly creative. Definitely and defiantly different.”
– Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
Cast
Creative and Crew
- Co-CreatorCian Binchy (he/him)
- Co-WriterShaun Dunne (he/him)
- Co-WriterLeah Moore (she/her)
- Co-CreatorNick Llewellyn (he/him)
- Devising performer Anna Constable (she/her)
- Composer and Sound DesignerJethro Cooke (he/him)
- Lighting DesignerJason Addison (he/him)
- Stage DesignerVerity Quinn (she/her)
- Production and Stage ManagerMarc Watkins (he/him)
- Creative SupportHeather Johnson (she/her)
- ProducerMatt Maltby (he/him)
- ProducerPatrick Collier (he/him)