NEWS AND UPDATES

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The Crip Monologues

While we’ve been plugging away at a wide range of projects here at CRIPtic – from the NOT DYING soundtrack to workshops on writing and staging solo work. We are very excited… Continue reading…

The cover of the report, a turquoise box with the words BEING HYBRID - a cheap and easy guide to hybrid events on it, and the logos for Spread the Word and CRIPtic Arts

BEING HYBRID: an easy guide to hybrid events

To read more about Being Hybrid, click here. To access it in a range of other formats, click here Why are you launching Being Hybrid? I keep having the same conversation over… Continue reading…

The Disablism of Age Barriers in the Arts

The Disablism of Age Barriers in the Arts

At their heart, most age barriers in the arts are disableist. They create barriers that prevent disabled people having equity of access to opportunities. Their assumption that age is representative of life-stage,… Continue reading…


What’s on at CRIPtic

Anna, Matthew and Peyvand perform on stage. The stage is washed with blue light and the three performers all look up wearing dark sunglasses. The floor is a giant image of the moon and creative captioning behind them reads “Copy deployment of opticals”

CRIPtic 2025 Artist Development Programme

Nurturing the practice and work of disabled creatives is integral to us. In 2025, we are running our artist development programme with 4 strands – Reach, Launchpad, Breakthrough and Incubate. These are… Continue reading…

A photo of a manual wheelchair user doing a headstand in front of a crowd at a previous Liberty Festival.

Liberty Festival: Artist Call-Out

CRIPtic Arts is excited to launch our call-out for work for Liberty Festival 2025, taking place 24th to 28th September 2025. The call-out closes on the 1st May 2025. We are looking… Continue reading…

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Announcing the 2025 Liberty R&D Artists!

We are thrilled to announce the commissioned R&D artists for The Liberty Festival 2025! As the Mayor’s flagship disability arts festival, Liberty is at the forefront of championing bold, innovative, and thought-provoking… Continue reading…

LEARNING AND REFLECTIONS

Call Us CRIPtic – A Disability Arts Documentary

Call Us CRIPtic – A Disability Arts Documentary

In 2021, we collaborated with Fig Films to make a disability arts documentary. We’re so excited to share it with…

Featuring Katherine Castellucci

Featuring Katherine Castellucci

This year at CRIPtic we’ve had the privilege of hosting the disabled performer and activist Katherine Castellucci as an intern.…

Podcast: Disability and… CRIPtic Arts, with Jamie Hale

Podcast: Disability and… CRIPtic Arts, with Jamie Hale

Our friends at Disability Arts Online have just released episode 57 of their “Disability and…” podcast, and this episode features…

Dynamic Creatives: Understanding the Arts Council Investment Principles

Dynamic Creatives: Understanding the Arts Council Investment Principles

Our friends at Disability Arts Online have been working on some fantastic videos about Arts Council England, including one on…

Focus Groups: Lessons Learned from our Audience

Focus Groups: Lessons Learned from our Audience

Earlier this summer, at CRIPtic, we held two focus groups. One was for disabled cultural workers from the global majority.…