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It was twice made into a film: in 1970, starring Alan Bates and Janet Suzman, and in 2002 with Eddie Izzard.Įvans said he felt there had been progress in getting more disabled performers on stage and hoped more would take on roles previously played by able-bodied actors. Nichols, who died last week aged 92, debuted the play in Glasgow in 1967 and it was an immediate hit, going to the West End in the same year before transferring to Broadway.

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That is what my dad would do when I was little.’ So for Toby and Claire they are learning how to carry Storme and put her in a position that is comfortable so things like that are hugely beneficial for them.” “She has, in a way, given people a huge permission to talk this way about a disabled person and in rehearsal Storme will be saying, ‘No, pick me up and throw me around. He said: “Putting a more able-bodied actor in the role might have made for a more sentimental performance and Storme is unsentimental about her condition. I certainly have a little insight into the character but my level of disability and Joe’s level of disability are very, very different, but it does give me a level of empathy for the character.”ĭirector Simon Evans said casting Toolis had benefited everyone involved in the creative process of putting the black comedy on stage. Toolis said: “I did have worries but I was also very aware of being in a very privileged situation of working with high-quality talent and that the opportunity for me as a performer was astronomical. Retrieved 10 November 2020.She admitted she had worries about taking on the role of Josephine - nicknamed Joe Egg - who also has cerebral palsy, but put aside her fears of being typecast to make her West End debut in the show which opens at Trafalgar Studios on Saturday with Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner as her parents. ^ 'Storme Toolis: I put aside my fears to be first disabled Joe Egg star'.'WATCH: The 'brilliantly filthy' Maltesers advert that's got everybody talking'. 'Should only disabled actors be allowed to play disabled roles on TV?'. 'New Tricks' Storme Toolis: What you need to know about actress with cerebral palsy set to feature in 'TV's first disabled character sex scene' '.

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'My daughter stars in The Inbetweeners Movie – so does her wheelchair'.

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^ 'Kennington actress Storme Toolis breaks TV taboos'.

The ad, which aired during last night’s Paralympics, stars Storme. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. A new Maltesers advert has made quite a stir after a disabled actor used a packet of chocolate to reenact a sexual gesture.

^ 'Daughter of Achill native hits small screen'.

^ 'Storme Toolis: We need more disabled actors'.

Toolis was the first disabled actress to take on the title role of Josephine in the West End version of the play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. The advert was praised for its portrayal of people with disabilities.

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Toolis also partook in the Malteser series of adverts for the Paralympics.

įor her role in New Tricks, Toolis was described as 'one of the few disabled actors in Britain, and across the world, to play a minor role in a mainstream drama where the disability of her character is not a feature of the plot, and her role has been compared to Walt Jr in the US Breaking Bad series.' She is an advocate of the rights of disabled actors to play disabled roles. Toolis has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. She first appeared on film in Channel 4's The Inbetweeners as an extra, and then as a minor character in The Inbetweeners Movie, based on the earlier television series, subsequently joining the cast of New Tricks as Holly Griffin in August 2013 in series 10 episode 5, 'Cry Me a River', of the show. Toolis spent seven years as an aspiring actress at the Ovalhouse. Her mother is Dea Birkett, is a British television and print journalist from Surrey she has a younger brother and a younger sister. Her father journalist Kevin Toolis was born in Edinburgh his parents originated from Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland.

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