Welcome
Vici Wreford-Sinnott is a disabled writer/director for stage and screen. She has been a passionate campaigner for the cultural equality of disabled people for almost thirty years. Vici creates new work which introduces new disabled protagonists and narratives around disabled people to challenge societal and cultural misconceptions and myths. She creates platforms for the work of other disabled artists, is a collectivist and also works with Full Circle Theatre Company. Vici offers support to arts and cultural organisations to increase their knowledge and confidence, and to improve their practice of disability equality.
Current Work
A LIVE THEATRE production – World Premiere
Three Acts of Love By LAURA LINDOW, NAOMI OBENG & VICI WREFORD-SINNOTT Thu 30 Nov 2023 - Sat 16 Dec 2023 Live Theatre Newcastle Passion. Obsession. Acceptance. Betrayal. It’s time for a massive bowl of love soup! Three ground-breaking female playwrights have cooked up a feast for you, with a trio of short plays with music that explore love in all its glorious, sticky complexity. A young woman runs away from a world that doesn’t understand her and finds shelter in a local social club. But will they have the heart to truly let her in? A visiting expert lecturing on the secrets of the heart has a dark and unexpected truth of their own. An obsessive fan poses as her musical idol online and becomes lost in a maze of love and revenge. From the boozy warmth of the social club to the endless labyrinth of the internet, this is a show about the communities we form, the care that we show each other and the love that we hope never tears us apart. Come in out of the cold and enjoy a three-course play to warm the soul. More information and booking click here |
A Little Cog and Full Circle Project in partnership with ARC Stockton
Autobiography by Full Circle We're entering an exciting R&D phase for Full Circle's new production as we explore who gets to tell 'life stories of note'. The company will use their unique visual flair to gather and develop new 'autobiographies' in audio, video and for the stage working alongside community and school groups. Autobiography also sees the group offer actor training workshops for local learning disabled people who would like to develop their performance skills using Full Circle methods and more. |
Recent Work
A Little Cog and Full Circle Production in partnership with ARC Stockton
Originally commissioned for Stockton International Riverside Festival 2022 Stomping Ground It feels like you’ve finally forged your own Stomping Ground, and the wider world is beginning to accept you, so a sense of belonging begins to grow. But then the world is turned upside down in every way imaginable and no one can fix it. Full Circle invites you into a lesser seen world of lesser told stories, revealing that the communities we create can be magical. Theirs is a story about the fight for a rightful place for learning disabled people told with wit, pathos, and celebration, using their signature visual style. This show is part of the Our Stomping Grounds Celebration of Learning Disability Culture by Full Circle. |
A BBC Culture in Quarantine Commission,
Co-commissioned by Arts Council England, ARC Stockton, Home in Manchester and Northern Stage Hen Night Written and Directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott A digital short film Inspired by the book 'Crippled' by Frances Ryan Starring Nicola Chegwin More information click here A Durham Book Festival Commission for New Writing North Half Way There / The Unsung A radio drama Written and Directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott Co-creators Mandy Colleran, Cheryl Martin, Caroline Parker and Jacqueline Phillips More information click here Funded by Arts Council England as part of Valid Voices produced by Little Cog Funny Haha A series of comedy workshops for disabled women Guest facilitators Dolly Sen, Jess Thom from Touretteshero and Francesca Martinez Six workshops culminating in a gig for an invited audience More information click here A Stockton International Riverside Festival Commission An ARC Stockton and Little Cog production in partnership with Full Circle Stomping Ground Presented as a short film in 2021 and as a full production in 2022 Devised by Full Circle ensemble of learning disabled theatre makers Directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott More information on the show click here More information on Full Circle click here |
An ARC Stockton and Northern Stage commission
Funny Peculiar Written and Directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott A digital short (48 minutes) Starring Liz Carr, Mandy Colleran, Bea Webster and Vici Wreford-Sinnott Four powerful and cross-cutting monologues from exciting new disabled women protagonists, centred around surviving the pandemic. A four star review from The Stage newspaper, 'Acted with verve, wittily scripted, both funny and hard-hitting' More information click here An ARC Stockton and Home Manchester Homemakers commission Siege Written and Directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott Starring Philippa Cole A 12 minute short “It is a dynamo solo performance from actor Phillipa Cole and is chock-full of witty and cleverly explored disability politics and feminist issues.” Disability Arts online More information click here An ARC Stockton and Home Manchester Homemakers commission The Wrong Woman Discussions Vici Wreford-Sinnott in conversation with JulieMc McNamara, Melissa Johns, Tammy Reynolds and Bea Webster 5 short films exploring themes of performance and disabled women, being 'looked at', transgression and agency. More information and films click here A Spare Tyre commission for Statues for the Unforgotten A Site of Suitable Scale A three minute short film Written and performed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott A Site of Suitable Scale references hidden and unmarked lives and deaths of disabled people but also celebrates the Civil Rights Movement of Disabled people in the UK which has fought to bring about social, political, cultural, and personal change for disabled people. For Dorothy Filmed by Black Robin See the film here |