A MUSICAL show about failure, growth, and not having a clue what algebra is, is coming back to Weston-super-Mare, Finley Vowles writes.

‘I don’t have a Maths GCSE’ is the show set to come back to the Front Room Theatre on the April 20.

Tickets are available from the Front Room Theatre here.

The show highlights the neurodiverse condition ‘Dyscalculia’.

It is written and performed by Mia Borthwick, 25, who has the condition herself, the show takes us on a journey through her school struggles and shows the effect the condition has in her adult life.

Mia uses comedy and music to take the audience through her own insecurities and low self-esteem, caused by Dyscalculia.

She hopes her show will highlight this largely unknown condition and increase recognition and understanding of it.

Mia said: “Whether you’ve failed a test or suck at being nice to customers in retail, this show is a reminder that our individual quirks and foibles can make us all the more interesting in the end.”

The Dyscalculia Network describes the condition as ‘a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers, which can lead to a range of difficulties with mathematics.’

According to research, a child with Dyscalculia is around 100 times less likely to have it diagnosed than children with Dyslexia.

The Dyscalculia Network is backing Mia’s show, which has already been performed by sold out audiences in Weston-Super-Mare, Taunton and Bristol.

Cat Eadle from the Dyscalculia Network said: ‘The title song Mia performs in her show, ‘I don’t have a Maths GCSE’ resonated with many people on our Dyscalculia Day socials.

"Like Mia, they have struggled with Maths due to Dyscalculia, not just at GCSE, but also in everyday life and many commented ‘this is so me!’ 

"Dyscalculia is sadly under-researched and under-diagnosed, so Mia’s fabulous song and show are doing an incredible job of raising awareness of the condition and helping people feel heard. We can’t wait!"