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

Career

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

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;Stage * 2009

DaDaFest DaDaFest is a disability arts organisation based in Liverpool, UK. It delivers an international, biennial festival and organises other events to promote disability and deaf arts from a variety of cultural perspectives. Alongside the festival and e ...

Awards, Liverpool (co-presenter) * 2017 ''In Water I'm Weightless'' by

Kaite O'Reilly Kaite O'Reilly FRSL is UK-based playwright, author and dramaturge of Irish descent. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the Ted Hughes Award (2011) for her version of Aeschylus's tragedy ''The Persians.'' O'Reilly's plays have bee ...

. Directed by John McGrath, movement by Nigel Charnock. ;Television * 1995 ''The Alphabet Soup Show'' (BBC) ;Film *

Awards

* 2007 Lifetime Achievement award from

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