Even with all the work that’s been done to raise awareness and education about the needs and wants of people with learning disabilities, society still insists on making access to life’s pleasures harder for those who do not fit into its conventional norms.

Young adults with learning disabilities still struggle to fit in, and are given very few opportunities to develop their emotional and artistic needs.

Opening Doors, an NGO that supports the creative development of people with learning disabilities, is often mistaken for a drama school, explains its chairman Toni Attard. “But it is not... It is a theatre group like every other, except that it caters of people with learning disabilities. The 10 actors and actresses that form part of the group have been working together for the past five years, and since then, they’ve performed in three shows, and have also travelled to Belgium and London to perform in front of a foreign audience.”

Supported by the Malta Arts Fund and St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, the group will be performing Meta Stejjer Noħlom on July 5, 6 and 7. The show is a performance of short stories each set in a different environment. The narrative taps into the ineffable quality of dreams and that short moment between sleep and waking up when we’re still unable to make out what is reality and what was only a dream.

Directed by Aldith Gauci the performance unfolds between the actor’s actions and live music.

For tickets visit www.sjcav.org or send an e-mail to bookings@sjcav.org or call 2122 3200