An autistic-led theatre project has been shared with Autistic Empire by Maks Marzec, an autistic Polish-British theatre-maker.
The project is called How I WrotE a book at 6 AND PROOFREAD IT AT 8. It is described as a 60-minute bilingual theatre piece exploring autistic masking, childhood self-correction, language, sensory pressure, and the quiet work of trying to seem “fine”.
According to the Crowdfunder page, the show is a bilingual theatre piece “in two bodies” that turns autistic masking into an audience experience through language, movement, sound, light, and the journey of a red pen.
The piece is being developed by an all-neurodivergent team of performers, designers, and theatre-makers. Its makers describe the project as moving beyond diagnosis, explanation, and inspiration, towards a theatrical language built from autistic experience.
The project may be of interest to neurodivergent people, late-diagnosed adults, high maskers, and anyone thinking about what autistic children and young adults are rewarded, corrected, or trained to hide. The Crowdfunder page also frames the work through Polish-British, queer, migrant, bilingual, and mathematical experience.
The current development plan includes at least three by-invitation London development previews in 2026, shaped by audience feedback and sensory calibration. These are described as a focused development stage rather than a commercial ticketed run, with the aim of refining the work, documenting the process, and building towards festival and touring conversations in 2027.
The Crowdfunder target is £35,000. The page says around 75% of the budget is for paying people at equity rates, with the rest covering rehearsal and preview space, props, costumes, audience materials, insurance, running costs, and contingency.
More information is available on the Crowdfunder page:
How I WrotE a book at 6 AND PROOFREAD IT AT 8 on Crowdfunder