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Chris Tally Evans: Writer / Director / Actor

Chris Tally Evans is an artist, theatre maker, writer and performer, and a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Trinity College, London. Since becoming disabled in 1990 with a rare genetic visual impairment, Chris has been active in the disabled people's movement, speaking out against prejudice and injustice on a variety of platforms and through his consultancy work. His work has been exhibited in Doha, Qatar (2013), the Southbank Centre, London (as part of the London 2012 Festival, an Unlimited Commission) , Auckland, New Zealand (2011) and the John F Kennedy Centre, Washington DC (2010). Chris received a Major Creative Wales Award in 2009 and this led to performances in Canada and New Zealand. His work has been broadcast on BBC 2W, HTV, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Wales. He has directed many theatre performances including for Theatre Addix, Newport Inclusive Arts and The Unusual Stage School. In March 2014, Chris Tally Evans and Company premiered their new play, 21st Century Dinosaurs, at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff which was favourably reviewed by Young Critic, Sarah Finch