© Matt Crockett
Comics to bring neurodiverse kids' stories to life
...and they are neurodiverse, too
Here’s a clip from Play Time, a pilot airing on ITV1 next month.
It features six comedians who are challenged to create and perform an original stage play based on the ideas of a neurodiverse group of six- to eight-year-old schoolchildren.
The comics, who are also neurodiverse, are Cariad Lloyd, Inel Tomlinson, Stuart Laws, Bec Hill, Aruhan Galieva and Chris Barlow.
Whatever characters, settings, stories and catchphrases the children come up with, they must turn into a play that they then perform that day on the school stage.
Director Céin McGillicuddy, who is autistic, says: ‘Play Time showcases the wonderful creativity of children from across the full neurodiversity spectrum, showing that we should be proud of and celebrate our differences.’
Play Time will drop on YouTube channel on November 10 and air on ITV’s main channel at 11.40pm that night.
The commission was announced this summer as one of six ITV pilots to air for Black History Month – October – and Disability History Month, which starts in mid-November.
Two have already aired, including Say Less!, a comedy sketch show with rising black stars Princess Khumalo, Esmonde Cole, Nkhanise Phiri, Wes Defoe, Soulla Panayiotou, Tadiwa Mahlunge and Jesse Chuku, which aired on Monday.
Published: 19 Oct 2025
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Past Shows
Edinburgh Fringe 2012
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Cariad Lloyd: The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd
Edinburgh Fringe 2013
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel [2013]
Cariad & Paul: A Two-Player Adventure
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