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 to announce that Jamie Hale, our Artistic Director…

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 and over in my disabled writers group chats…

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, career-stage, or the point of development someone is…


What’s on at CRIPtic

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Deaf Performer for The Acts 2024

https://youtu.be/jipPFgHFCV0 We’re looking for a Deaf performer for an upcoming show called The Acts, which will be at The Pit Theatre at the Barbican Centre in November 2024. Fee: £2,100, plus hotels, transport, per diems and access support as required.…

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Reflections from our Artistic Director on 2024 Artist Development Applications

One of my favourite parts of the CRIPtic year is reviewing the applications for our programmes – and one of the hardest parts of the year is selecting people to take up places on these programmes. Inevitably, we’re faced with…

Katherine Castellucci's headshot. A white woman with long, dark brown, wavy hair is wearing three silver hoop nose rings, and two silver necklaces. One necklace is a thick chain, and the other is a thin chain with a silver heart pendant. She is looking at the camera with a stern expression.

Featuring Katherine Castellucci

This year at CRIPtic we’ve had the privilege of hosting the disabled performer and activist Katherine Castellucci as an intern. She joined us as a placement as part of her BA Acting and Community Theatre degree at East 15 Acting…

LEARNING AND REFLECTIONS

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 Investment Principles

Dynamic Creatives: Understanding the 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.…

Black Out Nights: The magic of live theatre

Black Out Nights: The magic of live theatre

The magic of theatre is its nature as in live performance; both for audiences, and for performers. You spend weeks…