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

A photograph of a group of people at the Scope 2026 Awards ceremony. Ade Adepitan, Caitlin Richards, Funmi Aishah Lawal, and Dr Amit Patel are in front of a bright purple backdrop with Scope branding including logos and a large sparkling cirle. They are smiling at the camera and lean in together to pose.

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… Continue reading…

CRIPtic Arts 2026 Artist Announcement

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… Continue reading…

Autobiographical Work for Theatre-makers

Autobiographical Work for Theatre-makers

By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. Theatre often asks people, especially people from marginalised groups, to mine their trauma as the most valuable creative inspiration we have to offer. That expectation… 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.…