A Culture Night performance of four-short plays written about and by people living with ME/CFS and Long-Covid followed by discussion.

We shouldn't be this sick, right? Across Ireland, thousands of people are living with a chronic, complex, multi-systemic disease that keeps one in four confined to their homes- often without answers or treatment.

‘What about M.E.?’ is a collection of four-short plays written about and by people living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) & Long-Covid- exploring what it's like living on pause in a world obsessed with moving forward.

A Culture Night event presented by Aoife Delany Reade, Áine O'Hara, Cáit Dwyer & Jacinta Fay in partnership with Arts in Action, University of Galway. Supported by Galway City Council.

Duration:1hr 30 mins (Performance 1 hour, followed by 30 minute post-show discussion with members of the ME/CFS community).

Live-Stream Accessibility:This event will also be shared via a pre-recorded live-stream to ensure accessibility for those who cannot attend in person. To receive the pre-recorded livestream link, please email: aoifemdr@gmail.com. NOTE: you do not need to book a ticket via Eventbrite for live-streaming. Live-stream links will be emailed out on Thursday 17th September.

Accessibility:This event takes place in a wheelchair accessible theatre-venue, with a max. audience of 120. The performance is relaxed, & audience members are welcome to move as needed. The venue will have standard 'house lighting' upon audience arrival, & dim/low lighting throughout the performance. A very limited number of disabled parking spaces are available approx. 30m in front of the venue. Additional disabled parking spaces are available 300m from the venue at 'The Quadrangle'. We encourage attendees to wear masks, so as to make protect audience members who are immunocompromised.

Arts in Action is the flagship public arts, performance and creative engagement programme of the Institute for Creativity at the University of Galway.

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