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Take a half-hour glimpse into the lives of sisters Gemma and Katherine, as they discuss care, their shifting relationship and their love of a cuddle. Expect dancing and sewing, laughter and tears and a song about the many frustrations, big and small, that Gemma experiences living as a Disabled person in an ableist world.

When artist Katherine asked her sister Gemma if she’d like to make something together, she said yes. After a five-year exploration into their unique relationship, during which Katherine moved back home, Gemma became an Auntie, and the world experienced a global pandemic, they’ve made this interactive film and accompanying booklet.

Would you care to… is a chance to slow down, think about those you care for and to make a bookmark for them. Enjoy a sing-a-long with Gemma and Katherine, and have a giggle and a good cry while you’re doing it. We hope you’ll feel like you’ve had a warm hug, maybe the first one in a long time.

This work was commissioned by HOME and has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and by Yorkshire Dance, South East Dance and The Lowry.

As part of our project, Gemma and I went to see Arthur Pita’s Stepmother/Stepfather at The Lowry. Here’s what Gemma thought of the show:

It was a nice performance. It was nice seeing ladies or other sisters performing.

Without giving too much away, the first half was about sisters and Snow White doing some kind of sister acting or dancing. Then the second half of the show was a family dance and a mother + daughter and a father + son dance. Well that’s what I saw it as anyway.

From where we were sat it looked like a jungle scene in the second half, because after the main curtain moved there was another kind of curtain with monkeys, birds and a face of an ape. But the first act was black with Snow White in a yellow dress with a red ribbon and make up on.

It made me feel slightly chilly, it was a very good performance. There was only one act at the very end that nearly brought me to tears.