Company AT – Secrets You Haven’t Heard – 2026

Company AT is an all-autistic theatre ensemble that produces original work informed by the experience of autism.

Following are a selection of photographs from our previous works; some reviewer quotes and excerpts of monologues from our new work Secrets You Haven’t Heard.

Person sitting on a stool wearing a Viking helmet. They have their head resting on their fist and are smiling and looking to the distance. They are surrounded by a blue stage drop and smoke effects.

Excerpt from Alexis’ Monologue
I never felt like I’ve had any real choice in what I want to be. I remember being different, not knowing why or what to call it. The other kids had names for it, but I’d like one that was said with care. Criticism for things I didn’t understand from people much older and scarier than me. I remember joking at the dinner table about being autistic only for my family to burst out the hardest I’d seen
them laugh in a while, only to have my Mum have a serious discussion with me about how different I am and
how “fine” that is. As it turns out she knew I was autistic since I was 4 or so, but they “didn’t want that label on me.” I was going to
get called all those names whether I knew of what I was or not. The least you could have done was actually tell me the truth instead of half-heartedly saying I was “special” and “different” and saying that’s the same thing.

Person standing centre stage with a purple hoodie and smirk on their face. Behind there are other actors in various poses including a person with fists raised in the air and a person with blank expression and wearing black glasses.

Excerpt from Mike’s Monologue
“You see, I get very annoyed when people just changed their mind on the very Last minute. As an autistic person, I can’t deal with these changes without any warning. I like to stick to a routine like getting up at certain time, going to work at 8.30am and have my morning tea at a set time at 10.30am.

I have been doing this for years.

You see, quite a few years ago, I was at work at Bedford. My usual routine is to have my morning tea at
10.30a.m. On this particular day, all of a sudden, I was told the morning tea time had to be cancelled.

My reaction was, What the hell!…”

Person being held down on a block by a person in a white lab coat and another in a dress. They all look distressed.

“It’s a spectrum, after all, and the play’s talented cast, expertly directed by Julian Jaensch, all come from somewhere on that spectrum, delivering a snappy, clever, perspicacious piece of theatre which taps into the hearts and minds of young and old. And it is also entertaining and at times, funny. Long and far may it tour.”
Samela Harris, The Barefoot Review

Group of people with arms stretched in the air, beside the group is a single person facing the audience and smiling.

Excerpt from Jordan’s Monologue

I had a lot of difficulties with expressing emotions, the “correct” emotions, I should say.
You know how teachers tell you not to react to bullying or don’t give them attention and they’ll leave you
alone?
Yeah, turns out when you do that, Wring you get put to the top of their shit list.
So I learnt to mask,
I started rehearsing conversations in my head,
I learnt to give the emotions people wanted to see and how to show it to such an extreme that it gets a
reaction…
and now… they tell me…. I’m OVER REACTING!?

Person screaming surrounded by others covering their ears and cowering.

“Despite the play’s energetic pace, Jaensch does not race through the moments that need more attention, and the actor’s really take their time to explore the nuance in each interaction.”
Theodora Galanis

Person in a blazer looking confused beside another grinning and pointing their thumb down.

Person looking at a computer screen behind a black curtain.