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What’s on at CRIPtic
Tools, App and Tech Guide
There’s a wealth of technology out there and lots of different tools that promise to make your life easier as a disabled creative but which ones should you pick? As CRIPtic Arts has grown we’ve been slowly building up our…
Annual Report 2022-23
This year, CRIPtic Arts moved into our second year as a Community Interest Company, and focused heavily on stabilising ourselves as an organisation, applying for the funding we wanted to manage ongoing projects, and establishing our organisational identity. We delivered…
The Crip Monologues: Writers Commission Q&A Summary
On Friday 13 October, we held a Q&A for writers interested in pitching for our new commissioning opportunity, The Crip Monologues. Here’s what we discussed. What is The Crip Monologues? The Crip Monologues is a theatre piece exploring what it…
LEARNING AND REFLECTIONS
Access Needs: Lessons Learned
To assess the quality and success in our projects, we’re writing a series of blog posts exploring some of the…
This week at the CRIPtic 1:1s
This week our Artistic Director Jamie Hale hosted the first of the CRIPtic 1:1 bookable slots. We were thrilled to…
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…
CRIPtic Pit Party, Barbican Stories, & Institutional Racism
CRIPtic Pit Party and Barbican Stories – A statement https://youtu.be/5VblwpWU5rc CRIPtic Pit Party 2021 – a showcase of d/Deaf and…
Front Row: Theatres re-opening & online work
Last week, I (Jamie) was on Front Row. This was to discuss the reopening of theatres and who that leaves behind. There, I was able to emphasise that the closing down of opportunities for people to see shows online was going to affect far more than just disabled people.
It’s pretty gutting to slowly see shows and opportunities and possibilities disappearing, but I don’t think things are completely bleak. While theatres stream fewer shows online than at the ‘height of the pandemic’, there is definitely more than there was before the pandemic. Furthermore, the skills, knowledge, and equipment still exist.
Online theatre is an access issue for lots of groups. This includes geographically dispersed people, people with parenting and caring responsibilities, people who cannot sit through a whole show, and people who cannot afford live theatre. Losing it is something we need to unite to fight against:
To hear me on Front Row, click here [link] – 17:26-19:22 , and there is a transcript below:
