Wan Smolbag

Rainbow Disability Theatre consists of actors with mostly physical disabilities and their carers who also act in the shows. Rainbow have come a long way since they started in 2009 as a collaboration between Vanuatu Society for disabled people (VSDP) and No Strings Attached, an Australian based theatre company and Wan Smolbag. Their first shows aimed to highlight the rights of people with a disability and special needs but now they do short plays about sanitation, domestic violence and cyclone preparedness. One of the main actors in Rainbow is Francis Ruru, who joined Wan Smolbag in 1994 to act in a play about disability. He then stayed in the group as he was a very talented actor. Francis sadly died in March 2020, but he will always be remembered for the role he had in creating the group and his acting. which made all the plays a joy to watch. In 2018 Rainbow were thrilled to be given a core funding agreement by World Vision Vanuatu which means they now all have salaries for the first time in their acting career.