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Europe Beyond Access: Dance, Politics, Disability & the Body
In February 2019, more than 20 disabled dance practitioners from across Europe took part in Dance, Politics, Disability and the Body, the first of five artistic exchange laboratories of Europe Beyond Access.
Introducing Europe Beyond Access
Introducing Europe Beyond Access, a four-year pan-European project aimed at supporting disabled artists to break the glass ceilings of the contemporary theatre and dance sectors. Watch the trailer for Europe Beyond Access
Access to live music for disabled audiences
How can access to live music be improved for disabled audiences? Two contrasting organisations, Glastonbury Festival, the world's largest greenfield festival, and Band on the Wall, a 340-capacity venue in Manchester, outline two approaches and suggest ways any live music organisation can become more accessible.
Two approaches to developing access in galleries & museums
Providing access to disabled audiences means so much more than just ensuring they can get into the building. This short film commissioned by the British Council explores two ingenious approaches by organisations from different sections of the UK's galleries and museums ecology, Tate and Attenborough Arts Centre, demonstrating that with creative and inclusive thinking, any organisation can improve its access offer.
OHMI Trust
The OHMI (One-Handed Musical Instrument) Trust is a UK-based charity which enables musicians with physical impairments to take part in music-making. This short film explores their annual international instrument-making competition, which garners innovative solutions - whether adapting classic instruments or recreating them using electronic technology - which allow disabled musicians the opportunity to play at all levels, from school students to the highest levels of virtuosity.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017: Disability Arts International’s picks
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, Disability Arts International presents a selection of its recommendations from the theatre and dance programme at the 2017 festival.
Ramps on the Moon: Inclusive theatre transforming mainstream organisations
Ramps on the Moon, funded by Arts Council England's Strategic Touring Fund, is a consortium of six 'mainstream' regional theatres, supported by disabled-led Graeae Theatre Company. It aims to open up the participating institutions to disabled people as artists and audiences. Ramps on the Moon produces large-scale productions of existing musicals with integrated casts and creative use of access features. Learn how Ramps on the Moon hopes to transform not only the partner organisations, but the theatre sector more generally.
In Conversation with John McGrath
Manchester International Festival’s Artistic Director, John McGrath has been a long-term collaborator with disabled artists and disability-led companies. John shares his thoughts on the artists who have most influenced both his own way of working and the wider arts ecology.
Artists in Conversation: Liz Carr
Actor, comedian and disability rights activist, Liz Carr talks about her Unlimited-commissioned theatre production, Assisted Suicide the Musical. This ‘TED Talk with show tunes’ explores the serious issue of assisted suicide but through the glitz and mischief of a modern musical. Carr uses that musical form as a metaphor for the ‘clap-along’ nature of the assisted suicide debate.
Artists in Conversation: Oliver MacDonald
In the first of our Artists in Conversation series, we speak to sculptor and conceptual artist, Oliver MacDonald, recipient of the 2016/17 Adam Reynold’s Memorial Bursary (ARMB), organised by Shape Arts. The prize includes a three-month residency at Turner Contemporary, Margate between February and April 2017. MacDonald discusses his ideas for the residency and his practice, with input from CEO of Shape Arts, Tony Heaton and Director of Turner Contemporary, Victoria Pomery.