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Disability Theatre Comes Of Age In Coventry’s City Of Culture 2021

Coventry has a key role in the history of theatre in England and, thanks to Open Theatre, young people with learning disabilities are centre stage in the CoC's current plans
Puppetry – using different forms of theatre with children and young people with learning disabilities

While large parts of the UK think that theatre started around the time of Shakespeare, people in Coventry know it has a much older history. The ten Coventry Mystery plays cover Biblical stories from Creation to Doomsday, featuring favourites such as Adam and Eve, Jesus in the Temple and Noah’s Flood.

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