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Changeling and the Limits of Understanding Others

REVIEWED BY AZMY EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER You want to be with people who hurt you? I want to belong. Changeling, written by Charlie Simmons, is set in a Scottish town and deals with the intersections between neurodiversity and folklore. The show draws its inspiration from the old belief that that strange children were the result of faeries stealing human babies and swapping them with … Continue reading Changeling and the Limits of Understanding Others

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Which Of Us Is The Changeling?

REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA We’ve all heard about changelings, haven’t we? The spooky old tales of fae, trolls or elves replacing human babies with ugly, wicked creatures pervade European tradition.  This is the myth that Charlie Simmons’ play Changeling draws upon and subverts, blending folklore and the fantastical in order to tell a profoundly important story about the dangers of … Continue reading Which Of Us Is The Changeling?

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