‘Welcoming, warm, and wonderfully wacky’
Cerys Bradley’s Queer Tales for Autistic Folk is a refreshingly inventive and joyfully subversive piece of interactive storytelling that invites audiences to not just witness a show, but shape it. Written and performed by the wonderful Cerys Bradley, this choose-your-own-adventure style play is a celebration of queer identity, neurodivergence, and narrative freedom.
As someone who is both queer and autistic, this show moved me – but don’t think you need to identify as queer or neurodivergent to enjoy this show! While at some points, the story felt slightly convoluted or difficult to follow, I found this theatrical experience clever and overwhelmingly sincere. No two performances are the same, making it a genuinely collaborative experience between performer and audience.
Bradley’s writing is rich with charm and warm humour, weaving together contemporary queer and autistic experiences. They deconstruct traditional storytelling forms, replacing linearity and fixed experience with ambiguity, nuance, and a delightful dose of chaos.
This is storytelling as it should be: generous, inclusive, and genuinely fun. Whether you’re there for the laughs, the lore, or the representation, Queer Tales is a heartfelt reminder that stories—like people—don’t need to follow traditional paths to be powerful. Especially in times of struggle for neurodivergent and queer individuals across the world, this play is proof that joy – in many forms – can be found within art.
(Cerys Bradley: Queer Tales for Autistic Folk is on at the Fringe from the 1st to the 25th August – excluding the 15th – at the Underbelly, Bristo Square between 2:45pm and 3:45pm. Buy tickets here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/cerys-bradley-s-queer-tales-for-autistic-folk.)