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Inside Binchy’s head is […] utterly fascinating and wildly creative […] Definitely and defiantly different.
– Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Cian has autism.

He likes to spin tin-openers.

He’s taught lots of famous actors how to be autistic. They’re very good at it.

Using multi-media performance, Cian takes us through a world of wheelchairs and blow-up dolls; emojis and gardening, in an unconventional exploration of an autistic mind that playfully questions the treatment of disability and autism in today’s world.

This is not Rain Man.

Before staging his one man show The Misfit Analysis Cian Binchy was on our TV screens on BBC and ITV.

After sell-out runs in London and Edinburgh (2015), the multi-award winning The Misfit Analysis returned as part of an national tour in 2016.

In 2017 Cian presented Misfit Centre Stage – A symposium on Autism and the Performing Arts, an afternoon of creative workshops and presentations exploring autism and the performing arts.

Winner of the VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award

Dates and Venues

Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2015
RichMix, London | 2016
Liberty Festival, London | 2016
Colchester Arts Centre, Essex | 2016
The Lowry, Salford | 2016
Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester | 2016
Derby Theatre, Derby | 2016
Lyric Hammersmith, London | 2016
Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton | 2016
Cheltenham Everyman, Gloucester | 2016
Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick | 2016
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Puebla, Mexico | 2018

Trailer

    Creatives and Crew

    • Writer
      Cian Binchy (with Access All Areas)
    • Director
      Nick Llewellyn
    • Producer
      Patrick Collier
    • Dramaturg
      Lesley Ewen
    • Associate Producer
      Natalie Allison
    • Production Manager
      Ina Berggren
    • Film maker/ Editor
      Balan Evans
    • Film maker/ Editor
      Tom Colville
    • Film Animation
      Gemma Burditt
    • Sound Designer
      Phil Lee
    • Lighting Designer
      Norvydas Genys
    • Set Designer
      Laura Jane Blake
    • PR
      Joanna Hawkins

    Additional Cast

    Carer
    Isobel Jones
    Leslie Ewen

    Actors on Film
    Jules Roberston
    Gary Turner
    Habiba Osman
    Stephen Pierre Mitchell
    Chrystal Vidal
    Zara Jayne Arnold
    Caroline James
    Natalie Allison
    Phil Lee
    Nick Llewellyn
    Gavin Henderson
    Lauren Nathan-Lane

    Voiceovers
    Paul Christian
    Ciara Brennan
    Daniel Marino
    Lesley Ewen
    Hannah Sharkey
    Molly Cooper

    Philosophical, mischievous, exuberantly accessible,
    The Stage
    Busting disability arts out of its ghetto
    Disability Arts Online