Jamie Hale, Author at CRIPtic Arts

Front Row: Theatres re-opening & online work

Last week, I (Jamie) was on Front Row. This was to discuss the reopening of theatres and who that leaves behind. There, I was able to emphasise that the closing down of opportunities for people to see shows online was going to affect far more than just disabled people. It’s pretty gutting to slowly see…

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Podcast

CRIPtic Arts now has a podcast. Featuring a wide range of our artists in the run-up to the showcase, it will be available on our website, Youtube, and various podcasting websites. The Youtube video-cast is captioned, and there is also a transcript available. A podcast will be released every week. Podcasts will be added here.…

Introducing Rylan Gleave

What made you want to be an artist / performer? I suppose my flair for the dramatic! I trained as a singer before studying as a composer, then my voice began to gradually creep back into my work. What/who inspires your craft? Much of my work addresses both the personal and political, stemming from a…

Introducing Rufus Isabel Elliot

What made you want to be an artist / performer? I don’t really know how to answer this question. I love music, but struggled a lot with performing before I got into the more composing and writing side of things. I had a brilliant A Level teacher who taught me that it was okay to…

Introducing Tom Ryalls

What made you want to be an artist / performer? I decided to do GCSE drama because I thought I fancied a girl in the class, turns out it was in that class I realised I was gay. I didn’t find a girlfriend but I did find a space in which we were given permission…

Introducing Miss Jacqui

What made you want to be an artist / performer? I’ve always been creative and I wasn’t always sure I could be an artist/performer because I never saw anyone who looked like me do what I wanted to do. I guess I stopped wait for someone else to be the first and jumped in. I…

Introducing Oli Isaac

Oli Isaac What made you want to be an artist / performer? It was always lingering at the back of my head, but I could never decide whether I wanted to be a poet, or film-maker, or novelist, or theatre-maker (and I still don’t). It wasn’t until I got onto development programmes at places like…

Introducing Bibi June

Bibi June What made you want to be an artist / performer? I’m an artist because it brings me joy: to make art, to be creative, and to share that art with others. I love stories and storytelling, and that’s why I started out doing performance poetry. Over time, that love for stories has developed…

Introducing MC Geezer

MC Geezer What made you want to be an artist / performer? I always have love of music so when I was a teenager I got my first Turntable then I become more interested to become and mc, few year down the line I met Troi lee the founder of Deaf Rave who got me…

Introducing Alice Christina-Corrigan

Alice Christina-Corrigan What made you want to be an artist / performer? As a child I was very nervous and incredibly shy, until one day I got up in class and found my ‘spark’ and I never looked back. Since then I grew as a person and always knew I wanted to be working in…

Author: Jamie Hale