CripTales: Audition

In this monologue from the series CripTales, disabled actor Mat Fraser sits in the waiting room before an audition, dreading how it will turn out. He relives some of his best and worst moments in auditions in the past,

taking us back to his childhood, where he unlocks the reasons for his fears, before finding the way to triumph. Or does he? CripTales is a series of fictional monologues, based on factual research and the lived experience of disabled people spanning British history since 1970. Funny, inventive, dramatic and sexy, each one places disabled voices centre stage. Originally recorded for television, BBC Ouch is sharing three of the monologues to mark 25 years since the Disability Discrimination Act was passed. Subscribe to this podcast on BBC Sounds or say "Ask the BBC for Ouch" to your smart speaker.