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Among the first by a writer with Down syndrome, these two plays demonstrate an ability to riff and shift perspective, with disarming, hilarious, and occasionally heart-stopping results. Based on the iconic stories of King Arthur and Peter Pan, they are modern-day mash-ups that meld the fictional, the meta-fictional, and the real in ways that are counter-intuitive and absurd. And they're musical! Both feature songs by beloved Vancouver musician Veda Hille, with lyrics by the playwrights.

King Arthur's Night is a musical extravaganza in which King Arthur banters with Merlin and romances Guinevere. An upside-down world ... a betrayed love ... an unwanted child ... a revolt by the subjugated masses ... a kingdom come undone. It leaves one pondering mysteries both absurd (how did the Round Table get to Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia?) and profound (what is the link between the soul and intelligence?).

Peter Panties is a radical re-imagining of the Peter Pan story in which Peter Pan and Captain Hook (or is he Macbeth?) drink lattes, the Lost Boys hang with detectives from CSI, and Tinkerbell and Wendy duke it out at Skull Rock. Peter is conflicted about growing up - "Fuck that! No mustache!" - but he also desperately wants to have sex with Wendy and make a baby. The situation is funny, but aching; sexual exclusion and the denial of full adulthood are no laughing matters for people whose lives include Down syndrome.

McNeil's singular voice and imaginative inner landscape are at the centre of these works, and in them entirely new worlds and languages are invented. Through dialogue and play, through the power of association, he subverts expectations. In these plays McNeil and Youssef challenge the classifications that "neurotypicals" presume must be the only legitimate means of perceiving and naming the world.

King Arthur's Night: cast of [TK].

Peter Panties: cast of [TK].


About the Author:

Niall McNeil has been involved with theatre from an early age through his long association with the Caravan Farm Theatre. As a youngster he performed in Romeo and Juliet, Bull by the Horns and Strange Medicine.

In 2011 Leaky Heaven and Neworld Theatre co-produced Peter Panties a play written by Niall and Marcus Youssef which was performed in the Vancouver Push Festival. Peter Panties won a Jesse Richardson Critics Choice Award for Innovation in theatre.

Niall loves researching new ideas, writing music and writing plays. Niall also enjoys teaching acting with his friends at the Down Syndrome Research Foundation.

Marcus Youssef's plays include Winners and Losers, Jabber, Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil, Adrift, Peter Panties, and A Line in the Sand. They have been performed across North America, Australia and Europe. He has won numerous awards, most recently the 2017 Siminovich Prize. Marcus is Artistic Director of Vancouver's Neworld Theatre, editorial advisor to Canadian Theatre Review, an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and a Canadian Fellow to the International Society of Performing Arts.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781772012033
  • Publisher: Talonbooks
  • Publisher Imprint: Talonbooks
  • Height: 226 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 2546 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1772012033
  • Publisher Date: 14 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Collaboration Across Perceptions of Cognitive Difference
  • Width: 150 mm


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