As the work you do scales up, you’re expected to know more, understand more, and work with more people. This short guide introduces you to the idea of building a creative team,…
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Ethos and Directing
By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. I never expected to become a director, and when it happened, I think other people were as startled as I was that I became one.…
The Making of ‘The Making of the Eye Show’. Interview with Kat Bond
Mining your own experiences can be really wonderful and connect a lot of people. I just think it shouldn’t be the only thing disabled artists should be supported to write. It’s one…
Writing, performing, perimenopause and Komodo dragons. Interview with Fran Bushe.
Art happens not only when we are at our desks churning out words, but in the park, in the shower, in the queue at the post office and at the zoo. Mostly…
Interview with Director of The Acts, Jamie Hale
At a time when so many studio theatres and new-writing spaces are closing, and when many theatres are finding it increasingly difficult to take risks on emerging writers and experimental work, opportunities…
Meet our Embark Project Board
Meet the people who’ll be helping shape our new project, Embark! I’m desperate to completely overrun this industry with disabled people Miggy Barker Embark is our brand new year long programme where…
Five Years of CRIPtic Arts
By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. It’s hard to believe that CRIPtic is five years old, but when I look around it, I am filled with pride and amazement and appreciation…
Advice for Emerging Directors
By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. I became a theatre director by accident. I was taking a mixed bill to the Barbican, and was asked whether I was going to perform…
Winners of a Scope Award
CRIPtic Arts are delighted to share that last week we won a Scope Award for Community Group. We’re incredibly grateful for this recognition from Scope and the judges, and are immensely grateful…
CRIPtic Arts 2026 Artist Announcement
Announcing our 2026 Artists. We’re thrilled to introduce the amazing creatives who have joined our 2026 Artist Development Programmes! In 2026, we’re once again delivering four artist development programmes, designed to support…
