Here are the Longlists for each category for the 2023 Neurodiverse Review Awards. With over 200 shows eligible, it can be very hard to make a decision. We hope this years list reflects the huge array of disabled and neurodiverse talent at the Fringe. You can read about the meaning of each category on our awards page.
Bounce Emerging Artist
- Pearse Egan – Buff
- Omar Ibrahim – Decolonise This
- Poppy Radcliffe – Sectioned
- Mari Crawford – Bipolar Badass
- Laura Thurlow – A Preoccupation With Romantic Love
- Charmaine Wombwell – Ma’s Monster
- Walter Michael Deforest – Best Worst Place You Can Be
Actually Autistic Excellence
- Don Biswas – The Revolution Will Be Disorganised
- Stephen Catling – Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism
- Juliana Heng – Walking on Spectrum
- Joe Wells – King of the Autistics
- Baby Belle – Young, Dumb and full of Autism
- Alex John – Everyone’s Worried About Eve
- Tsarzi – Gone to the Dogs
ADHD Comedy
- Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy/Melons
- Omar Ibrahim – Decolonise This
- Philippa Dawson – Character Flaw
- Marjolein Robertson – Marj
- Alex Franklin – I Must Reach the Summit, Please God I Must Reach the Summit
- Simon Brodkin – Xavier
- Andrew O’Neill – Gebura
- Alex Bertulis-Fernandes – White Chicks 2
Neurodiversity/Disability Representation
- Mark Nicholas & Benny Shakes – Disabled Cants
- Paul Sinha – Pauly Bengali
- Aaron Simmonds – Baby Steps
- Gail Porter – Hung, Drawn and Portered
- McClaine Beirne – Wheelie Funny
- The Opera Diva’s Boudoir
- Niall Moorjani – A Fairie Tale
- Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton
Outstanding Visually Impaired Creative
- Flawbored – It’s a MotherF**king Pleasure
- Milo Mooney – Take The Bins Out
- Richard Wheatley – You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful
- VICS – Cabaret in the Dark
- Lizzy Lenco – Full Frontal Lobe
BOP Exceptional Theatre*
- What Can Indian Look Like?
- Elvis Died of Burgers
- WONDER DRUG: A Comedy About Cystic Fibrosis
- Choo Choo! (Or… Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have))
- Sad-Vents
- The Grandmothers Grimm
- Molly
- A Night With Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda
* Two awards will be given (one for Exceptional and one for Emerging)
DeafAction Deaf Excellence
- Elf & Duffy – Heist
- Fàilte Gu BSL/Welcome to BSL with Evie Waddell
- Jenny Sealey – Self-Raising
- Amy Helena – Faslane
- Elias Werner – Live and Deaf
Our Shortlist will be published tomorrow evening and the nominees will automatically be invited to our private ceremony at 5pm on Thursday 24th August at Deaf Action.
