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

Steph, a white woman with short brown hair in an electric wheelchair performs in rehearsal with Tatum, a white person with blonde mid length hair in a manual wheelchair

CRIPtic take on Romeo and Juliet: Cripping Breath and Accessible Rehearsal Practices

By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. Cripping Breath is an exciting project for CRIPtic Arts. We’re working with the University of Sheffield to develop an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that… Continue reading…

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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… Continue reading…

advice for emerging directors

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… 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.…