This proposal is for R&D to develop my climate justice pantomime for full performance in 2020. It: Builds on my previous digital / video / multimedia work; Challenges silos within disability art by involving only/both visually and hearing impaired performers; Makes access part of the art by using a range of ‘languages’ including BSL, audio …
We need to do some R&D – its going to be challenging to be so multi-lingual in rehearsal and performance. Here is a draft about the proposed R&D: Proposed R&D We’re interested in taking a different approach to ‘impairment’, as well as ensuring a wide audience has access to our theatre: We hypothesise that traditional …
This proposed R&D is to develop my climate justice pantomime for full performance later in 2020. It: Challenges silos within disability art by involving both visually and hearing impaired performers; Makes access part of the art by using a range of ‘languages’ including BSL, audio narration, ‘call and response’ and creative captioning; Reaches out to …
Here are my eyes: looking in at some of the many eye diagnoses I have – and looking out at some of the gorgeous splendid amazing things I’ve seen. Before my eyes changed, that is. Im visually impaired – I can’t see bus numbers or street signs – or even my friends in the street. …
Sue Austin goes deep sea diving … in her wheelchair. She explains in a TED talk how she experienced the very negative stereotypes linked to wheelchairs, and thought how it might be to juxtapose these with the excitement of scuba-diving. Her NHS electric wheelchair now gives her the “freedom to move in 360 degrees of …
When I saw And Suddenly I Disappear, it felt that, suddenly, there was actually a chance that I might personally appear. Not definitely. I still don’t know where. But at least now there’s a chance. For maybe a chance appearance. Thankyou thankyou THANKYOU for that to Kaite O Reilly and the whole splendid ensemble! Kaite explores …
Incarnate is a triptych: a conversation between Tom Shakespeare and some of the great works from the Renaissance to the modern era. It focuses on the theme of human embodiment. Incarnate is Shakespeare’s largest art work. It was inspired by the Gothic Nightmares exhibition at Tate Britain. Here it is in (a poor copy – but …