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Toolis was the first disabled actress to take on the title role of Josephine in the West End version of the play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. If I didn’t work in theatre I would be An English teacher. The hardest part about my role is The inconsistent battle of acting. The career moment I’m most proud of is Getting cast in my first West End show. The advert was praised for its portrayal of people with disabilities. Storme Toolis in development for Redefining Juliet.

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Toolis also partook in the Malteser series of adverts for the Paralympics. įor her role in New Tricks, Toolis was described as 'one of the few disabled actors in Britain, and across the world, to play a minor role in a mainstream drama where the disability of her character is not a feature of the plot, and her role has been compared to Walt Jr in the US Breaking Bad series.' She is an advocate of the rights of disabled actors to play disabled roles. Toolis has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. The media doesnt yet have the talent pool to cast enough disabled actors, actress Storme Toolis, who has cerebral palsy, has told the Today programme. She first appeared on film in Channel 4's The Inbetweeners as an extra, and then as a minor character in The Inbetweeners Movie, based on the earlier television series, subsequently joining the cast of New Tricks as Holly Griffin in August 2013 in series 10 episode 5, 'Cry Me a River', of the show. Toolis spent seven years as an aspiring actress at the Ovalhouse. Her mother is Dea Birkett, is a British television and print journalist from Surrey she has a younger brother and a younger sister. Her father journalist Kevin Toolis was born in Edinburgh his parents originated from Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. Visit for tickets and more information.Toolis was born and raised in London.

Joe Egg is scheduled to run through November 30. Playwright Nichols died September 7 in Oxford, England at age 92-just days ahead of the opening of the London revival. The production is designed by Olivier Award winner Peter McKintosh, with lighting design by Prema Mehta and sound design and composition by Ed Lewis. Everybody has something that makes their life a little bit more difficult and it’s about what you use to help you get through that point.” It’s about how you put one foot in front of the other every single day, whatever your Joe Egg might be. I was really interested in the attitudes that were so prevalent towards disabilities in the 1960’s, but the play touches on so many other things, not just disability. “I’m interested in understanding how a family in an era that is not 2019 would deal with having a disabled child and whether what they would go through and what we go through now would be kind of similar. Everybody is different, so my job is to portray Joe’s story,“ says Toolis.

“I definitely feel that as a disabled actor there are interesting familiar relationships in this play, but I don’t draw a lot on my own experiences. Rounding out the cast are Clarence Smith ( The Firm, RSC) as Freddie and Lucy Eaton ( Daisy Pulls It Off, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Pam, who join Toby Stephens ( Oslo, Lost In Space) as Bri, Claire Skinner ( Outnumbered) as Sheila, and Patricia Hodge ( Miranda, Downton Abbey) as Grace.Īthena Stevens ( Scrounger, Redefining Juliet), Harry Attwell ( Maleficent, Testament of Youth), and Rebecca Hands-Wicks ( Monkey Bars, Portia’s Julius Caesar) are also in the cast. Toby Stephens, Claire Skinner and Storme Toolis in rehearsals for A Day In The Death of Joe Egg Myles Wright