Groundbreaking theatre group preparing for North West debut

IRELAND’S foremost diverse musical theatre company Skyzdalimit has teamed up with Donegal Down Syndrome group to promote their latest show.

Since its inception in 2010, Skyzdalimit has been pushing the boundaries of diverse theatre with its high-octane spectacular musical stage productions with a cast of 38 autistic and learning disabled performers.

It has pioneered for greater inclusion and diversity in the arts by taking its productions on tour since 2019.

The group’s latest play, ‘Love Me Love Me Not’ will be performed at the Waterside Theatre in Derry on Friday, June 29 at 7.45pm.

Pearse McCloskey, the director of ‘Love Me Love Me Not’, said that actor James Martin’s Oscar for ‘An Irish Goodbye’ had been a real inspiration to the members of Skyzdalimit.

“James’ stardom has shown other actors with disabilities that it is possible for them to make the big time. I sincerely hope that James Martin’s Oscar success will be the catalyst to change the public perception to diverse theatre, while inspiring learning disabled and autistic people to start new theatre groups around the country and produce more talent like James Martin.

“This will be our first time coming to the North West and we are very excited about that. We are delighted to have Donegal DS as our partner to help promote our show in Donegal. Sheila is extremely dedicated and the group is very active. This was first apparent when they organized a bus to take their members the whole way to Dublin to see our show.”