1981 & a hard right government make savage cuts as party members wear hang nelson mandela badges. poverty, racist attacks, hunger strikes, terrorism & a royal wedding … & playground chants ov spaz change to joey because joey deacon who lived with cerebral palsy appears on blue peter. friend who played stiff little fingers loud, wore dm’s with red laces & fought to learn cookery saw the future coming, knew they were going to get called joey so got in first by declaring their name wz joey from now on, a still breath-taking reclamation. ultimately joey is a high octane monologue about multiple possibilities for survival, about rewriting futures - its not too late. embarking on a preview tour in June 2019, the play will be performed in english and British Sign Language at Queens Hall Hexham, Pulse Festival - Ipswich, ARC Stockton and Northern Stage Newcastle upon Tyne. The project is supported by ACE, Northern Stage, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme, Live Theatre and PULSE.