Mandy Colleran Explained

Mandy Colleran
Birth Date:	7 July 1962
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist
Known For:	Former director of DaDaFest
Awards:	2007 Lifetime Achievement award from DaDaFest

Mandy Colleran (born 7 July 1962^[1]) is a comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist.

Career

Mandy Colleran has been involved in disability arts since the 1980s.^[2] She is a member of the comedy trio No Excuses along with Mandy Redvers-Rowe and Ali Briggs.^[3] In 1986 Colleran became Joint Development Officer of Arts Integration Merseyside (AIM) with John McGrath, it later became North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF).^[4] In 1990 Colleran became a director of NWDAF.^[5]

Credits

Stage

• 2009 DaDaFest Awards, Liverpool (co-presenter)
• 2017 In Water I'm Weightless by Kaite O'Reilly. Directed by John McGrath, movement by Nigel Charnock.^{[6] [7]}

Television

• 1995 The Alphabet Soup Show (BBC)

Film

• Mandy Redvers-Rowe (writer/performer), Ali Briggs (writer/performer) and Mandy Colleran (writer/performer), Bren O'Callahan (director), Astra Films (filmmaker) . I Know My Place by Still No Excuses . Video . . 10 May 2015 . 6 June 2017 .

Awards

• 2007 Lifetime Achievement award from DaDaFest^[8]

Further reading

• News: Arnott . Jake . Jake Arnott . Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott . The Guardian | Books | My Hero . 6 July 2012 . 6 June 2017 .

Notes and References

1. disabilitydiva . Mandy Colleran . 221735288328830976 . 7 Jul 2012 . Have had a fab 50th birthday, surrounded by friends, old and new. Also, topped off by beautiful surprise from @JakeArnott. :)).
2. Web site: Ouch Team . 13 Questions: Mandy Colleran . bbc.co.uk/ouch . BBC Ouch! It's a disability thing . 27 November 2007 . 6 June 2017 .
3. Web site: Williams . Mick . Winners revealed at DaDaFest Awards 2009, Liverpool . disabilityartsonline.org.uk . Disability Arts Online . 7 December 2009 . 6 June 2017 .
4. Web site: Disability Arts Chronology   1976 - 1989: (1986) . 16 January 2009 . disabilityartsonline.org.uk . Disability Arts Online . 6 June 2017 . 4 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204231625/https://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/chronology_disability_arts_1976_1989 . dead .
5. Web site: Bidder . Joe . Ruth Gould: Creative Force in Disability Arts . disabilityartsonline.org.uk . Disability Arts Online . 8 May 2008 . 6 June 2017 .
6. News: Arnott . Jake . Jake Arnott . Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott . The Guardian | Books | My Hero . 6 July 2012 . 6 June 2017 .
7. Web site: O'Reilly . Kaite . Kaite O'Reilly . In Water I'm Weightless . kaiteoreilly.com . 30 August 2012 . 6 June 2017 .
8. News: Jones . Catherine . Top honours for deaf and disability artists . . . 30 November 2007 . 6 June 2017 .