Jenny Sealey Explained

Jenny Sealey MBE (born 1963) is an English theatre director from Nottingham.^[1]

In 2012 Sealey was one of the artistic directors for the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.^[2] She has been the artistic director of the Theatre Company Graeae since 1997.

Sealey's work in theatre and the creative arts focusses on empowering deaf and disabled actors through inclusive productions.^[3]

She was appointed as a vice-president of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2022.^[4]

In August 2023 Sealey's Edinburgh Festival Fringe play Self-Raising received a Neurodiverse Review Award.^[5]

External links

• 15 March 2024 . Desert Island Discs: Jenny Sealey, theatre director . Radio broadcast . BBC Radio 4 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Self-Raising review – growing up Deaf in a family of secrets. Arifa. Akbar. August 10, 2023. The Guardian.
2. Web site: Stephen Hawking to feature as narrator at Paralympic opening ceremony. Owen. Gibson. August 29, 2012. The Guardian.
3. Web site: Jenny Sealey . graeae.org.
4. Web site: Central announces its new Vice Presidents . The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama . 21 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128105315/https://www.cssd.ac.uk/news/central-announces-its-new-vice-presidents . 28 November 2022 . 28 November 2022.
5. Web site: Graeae's Jenny Sealey among winners of Neurodiverse Review Awards. The Stage. registration.