Sam Brewer & Aarian Mehrabani (Sam, a white man with closely shaved blonde hair wears a pink and yellow floral blazer and grasps a very resolute Aarian. Aarian is a Middle Eastern man with slim build, clean shaven with short jet black quiffed hair. He is wearing a yellow jumper and denim dungarees).

Incubate 2025

Building disabled-led arts organisations & supporting disabled arts leaders.

Disabled people in the arts are carving new ground and leading change, as individuals, or running small organisations. Successfully leading projects, organisations, campaigns, and movements requires an understanding of everything from brand and pitch to finance and project management.

Incubate takes Jamie’s journey and the development of CRIPtic, and supports four emerging disabled arts leaders or organisations through everything they had to learn – from successes to failures and mistakes to experiments.

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A woman with short, curly hair looks directly at the camera, softly lit in vibrant purple and blue lighting (also known as bisexual lighting). She is wearing a patterned shirt and is set against a dark, textured background, creating a dramatic and moody atmosphere.

Meg Fozzard / Unlikely Tangent Studios

I am a South London based disabled freelance producer and journalist. My career as a producer began back in 2018 when I studied Creative Producing for Digital Platforms at the NFTS. There, I learnt how to produce for AR, VR, podcasts, smart home devices and social media.

I graduated in February 2019 and became disabled in April 2019, drastically altering my career. It has massively impacted the speed of my career as I now work part time and at a lesser capacity. However, I finally feel like I am beginning to integrate myself into the XR industry in the UK. I have worked on the award winning XR piece Museum of Austerity in 2021 and worked as the Expanded Realities Exhibition Producer at Open City Documentary Festival in 2023.

Unlikely Tangent Studios will be a studio currently making XR (VR, AR and MR) experiences around the theme of disability. This organisation is born from the first collaboration between Meg Fozzard (Producer) and Amy Crighton (Director) on our VR project Cripping Up, which is about my daily challenges as a wheelchair user. We think we are the first company in the UK XR industry that is disability led.

Turning Worm on stage during Potato Milk. Isaac (left) is a tall, white man with blonde hair. Marcella (centre) is a white non binary person with bright auburn hair. Claire (left) is a black, mixed-heritage non binary person with highlights throughout their hair.

Marcy Ricks / Turning Worm Theatre

Turning Worm is a disability-led theatre company, producing bold, queer stories in the North. Being Liverpool-based, the company are passionate about developing disability-led work outside of London, and finding creative routes to accessible theatremaking for their creative teams and audiences alike.

Queerness is central to Turning Worm’s work. Their goal is not only to represent queerness and disability on stage, but also to create spaces where those identities shape the work at every level. The company aims to reimagine theatremaking from the ground up, building collaborative, adaptive and truly inclusive processes that empower queer disabled creatives to create their best work.

Turning Worm’s premier production, Potato Milk, was met with a sold-out run at Liverpool Playhouse Studio last summer. The original scouse comedy, about polyamory and milk-alternatives, was created with non-traditional working hours, sensory break-out zones, and creatively integrated captions. Going forward, the company are keen to expand their understanding of building disability-led projects, and find more avenues to tell exciting queer stories.

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A.C. Smith / Vanish the Wall

A.C. Smith is an award-winning scriptwriter and songwriter, whose work has been performed at venues including Soho Theatre, the Old Vic, and RADA. She has collaborated with organisations such as the Southbank Centre, RADA, and the Bush Theatre. A.C. created TO ROSE ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY, produced by the Barbican with CRIPtic Arts. Through her work with Vanish The Wall, she is committed to creating inclusive, innovative theatre that explores the intersection of digital platforms and creative accessibility.

Vanish The Wall is a new digital theatre company founded by A.C. Smith, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of scriptwriting and expanding access to the arts. The company addresses the needs of individuals who cannot attend traditional theatre, as well as providing a space for creatives whose health may prevent them from working in-person. By engaging the audience’s imagination in a theatrical and digitally immersive way, Vanish The Wall seeks to move beyond naturalism to create work that resonates uniquely with both online and in-person audiences. Its portfolio will include original productions, craft workshops, and a publishing arm focused on making theatre scripts more accessible and engaging for a non-industry audience.