Sixteen voices. One condition. Countless ways of being heard.

Motor Neurone Disease takes many things, often including the voice itself. The MND Monologues answers that silence with sixteen stories, written with and performed by the women who know the condition best: those living with MND, and those who care for and love them.

Inspired by The Vagina Monologues, these stories trace how disability reaches into every corner of a a life, shaping love, work, the body, memory and a sense of self. Long perceived as a disease that predominantly affects men, the show places women’s experiences centre stage.

The pieces are delivered by the women who wrote them, through a combination of physical voice, digitally banked speech and accompanying video.

The show is the product of more than a year of exploratory research conducted by The Co-Creative Mind, at the University of Manchester, and blends real-life testimony and dramatic expression, driven by a community’s need to be heard.

The performances will be followed by a Q&A with the show’s creators.

 

Trigger Warnings

The show explores themes of disability, illness, mental health, mortality, suicide and sexuality