David's Play(s) - Fundraiser Screening

To celebrate our friend and Space regular David Grindley, we’re screening two films inspired by his life. All proceeds from these screenings are directly supporting the Space and helping fund future artistic projects.

Bottled Up (2019)
Mikey is 21. He finally gets to leave home.
The excitement soon turns into monotonous boredom and now he’s stuck.
When he meets Dean, he has an opportunity to start again. He can finally make things right. Unless of course he gets it all wrong…
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 inspired by the life of David Grindley, who plays Mikey. Originally created as ‘The Man Who Found His Freedom’ in 2015, by Space Productions, thanks to funding from Arts Council England.

David’s Play (2023) – Offie Award Nominated!
Star? You want to star? In the show? Okay…

David Grindley lives on the Isle of Dogs and has decided that he will star in a show. 

We are powerless to stop David, even if we wanted to. 

David’s Play is a backstage comedy about being an actor with cerebral palsy and David’s methods of communication.  

It explores friendship, acceptance, and (of course) the magic of theatre.