2021 Artists Archives - CRIPtic Arts

Call Us CRIPtic Documentary

Call Us CRIPtic is a documentary about CRIPtic Arts’ 2021 Barbican Showcase, the artists, and the organisation made by the fantastic Fig Films, and you can watch it here or on Vimeo:…

A black and white image of Jamie Hale. They are white, and surrounded by nature, wearing a black shirt, with black glasses frames and bleached blonde hair.

Artistic Director: Jamie Hale

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Creating accessible art in the face of disablist barriers is itself an act of loving revolution, and I want to bring this surging through theatre, changing it forever.

Lata Nobes. A black and white photo of Lata. She is a British/Indian woman with dark shoulder length wavy hair, dark eyes, and she is wearing a white top. She looks sideways into the distance.

Associate Director: Lata Nobes

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I want theatre to become more gritty, challenging and subversive – a change that will happen alongside access becoming embedded in the artistic practices of major theatres.

Composer: Rylan Gleave

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Much of my work addresses both the personal and political, stemming from a need to process.

A black and white photo of Rufus. Rufus Elliot is pictured playing its viola, focusing on something out of shot. It is wearing a black short sleeved shirt, with its short hair tied up at the back.

Composer: Rufus Isabel Elliot

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The music weaves its own world, with its own characters and settings, not necessarily even asking your say-so, which is in turn inspiring (for both life and music).

This is a black and white portrait. Tom is standing on stage, he is a caucasian boy with short-ish white hair. He is wearing round, plastic blue glasses and a black buttoned up polo shirt.

Performer: Tom Ryalls

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It’s important now more than ever that we learn to build systems of support and care, instead of isolated incidents of care and I hope my work around this show can do that.

Miss Jacqui is a Black woman with lots of curly hair. She is looking at the camera and is wearing a beige coloured top. She is seated outdoors surrounded by trees and plants.

Performer: Miss Jacqui

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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 waiting for someone else to be the first and jumped in.