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A group of people are gathered in a theatre space, posing for a group shot. They are all laughing and looking at each other.

Five Years of CRIPtic Arts

advice for emerging directors

Advice for Emerging Directors

Evlyne, a black female, wearing a cream boiler suit, Anna freckled white woman, with long brown wavy hair wearing all black, and Theo, a pale nonbinary person with dark features short hair using a power wheelchair perform on stage.

Reflections and advice on applications to our 2026 Development Programmes

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 2026 Artist Announcement

CRIPtic Arts 2026 Artist Announcement

What’s on at CRIPtic

A collage of four headshots with text under reading "Meet our Embark Project Board" followed by the CRIPtic Arts and Shift the Scene Logos. The headshots are as described: Headshot of Lozza, a 24 year old, white non-binary person with a bright pink mullet wearing a funky shirt that is green, blue and black. They're smiling like they're mid-laughter. Simi. A dark-skinned Black person stares seriously at the camera. They’re wearing a colourful patterned headwrap, hoop earrings, and a white t-shirt as they sit in a wheelchair in their dining room. Anna, a white woman in her twenties with long dark hair, smiles at the camera. Miggy, a white non binary person with orange and blue hair smiles at the camera. They have purple eyeshadow and are wearing patterned red and yellow and brown dungarees, with a grey long sleeve shirt. They have a frog earring that's balanced on a tiny pumpkin

Meet our Embark Project Board

Meet the people who’ll be helping shape our new project, Embark! I’m desperate to completely overrun this industry with disabled people Miggy Barker Embark is our brand new year long programme where… Continue reading…

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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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A group of people are gathered in a theatre space, posing for a group shot. They are all laughing and looking at each other.

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…

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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…