Bottled Up

Lyric Theatre, 2018

“Free from sentimentality. Mikey is a three-dimensional character with foibles and idiosyncrasies, and the play isn’t afraid to show that his dogged determinism to ‘make it’ may also show other, less pleasant sides to his personality…”
Female Arts

​​60 minutes


Mikey is 21.  He finally gets to leave home. 
It disappoints, but he’s stuck ... maybe your 20s are for finding out who the important people are.
He meets Dean and he can start again.  You make it right in your 30s. Unless things go wrong…
Another thing;  Mikey has cerebral palsy and has spent his life in a wheelchair.
A bittersweet drama about love, friendship and addiction, this play takes a brutally honest look at the life of one man who wants to be independent.
Bottled Up is a play inspired by the life of David Grindley, who played Mikey.  




Cast

MIKEY - David Grindley
LILY - Avita Jay
GARY - Tim Blackwell
SALLY - Sadie Parsons
DEAN - Paul Tonkin



Creative Team

Writer - Sebastian Rex 
​Director - Danielle McIlven
Movement Direction - Sebastian Rex
Costume Design - Shannon Okey
Produced by - Space Productions
Photography - Renata Strabla