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What’s on at CRIPtic

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…

A graphic comprising of a black and white image on a grey background with text in a repeated pattern and two logos. The image is of Theo Angel in rehearsals. Theo, a mixed-race person with pale skin, freckles, short, very curly hair and dark features, is in their manual wheelchair. They hold their hands above their head, mapping out an invisible web. They smile as they look at their right hand. Behind their image is a digitally imposed bright blue drop shadow, with a repeated pattern text reading “Funded by youth music”. The two logos are of CRIPtic Arts and Youth Music Shift the Scene.

CRIPtic Arts Secures Funding to improve access to the arts and creative industries for disabled young people.

CRIPtic Arts are delighted to announce that we’re now supported by Youth Music’s Shift the Scene Fund, which champions inclusive, ambitious creativity across all art forms. This support means more time, space… Continue reading…

Jamie Hale talking to a team member in a theatre.

Winning an OFFIE doesn’t erase the disadvantages disabled directors face

By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. This year, myself, Marcella Rick and Claire Beerjeraz were awarded an OFFIE for staging for our work on Transpose:SUBVERSE, partially produced by CRIPtic. As a… Continue reading…

LEARNING AND REFLECTIONS

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…

Annual Report 2022-23

Annual Report 2022-23

The CRIPtic Arts Annual Report 2022-23 We are very proud of the impact CRIPtic Arts has had on the arts…

Broadening Our Practice

Broadening Our Practice

CRIPtic is my baby – but it’s not just mine. It was built as a community project. If I had…

Prioritising Health: Lessons Learned

Prioritising Health: Lessons Learned

This week’s blog is a short one – to make sure I’m prioritising health. Last week, I took some time…

Building Networks: Lessons Learned

Building Networks: Lessons Learned

We went into CRIPtic 2021 without a very wide network. We certainly had quite a few contacts and offers of…