22 Jul 2025

Theatre show explores siblinghood from disabled perspective

From Nine To Noon, 11:30 am on 22 July 2025
An image of Pelenakeke Brown and the cast of Siblings

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Having siblings can be something joyous, comforting, frustrating and challenging - sometimes all at once. A new theatre work is looking to examine the weird and wonderful world of siblinghood - as well as what it's like when one of them is dis or differently-abled. 

Siblings has been three years in the making, and it features an all-disabled cast. The creators behind it are Barnie Duncan and Pelenakeke Brown, an interdisciplinary artist who spent six years studying and working in New York City.  Last year she received a Wynn Newhouse Award for artists with disabilities. She talks to Kathryn about the show's development and statement.