NEWS AND UPDATES (page 4)


What’s on at CRIPtic

A photo of a manual wheelchair user doing a headstand in front of a crowd at a previous Liberty Festival.

CRIPtic Arts x Liberty Festival 2025

CRIPtic Arts to produce Liberty Festival 2025 as part of Wandsworth’s year as The Mayor’s London Borough of Culture  We’re delighted to be shaping Liberty for London Borough of Culture in Wandsworth… Continue reading…

A wheelchair user dances under green laser light, their AAC device on display

Working with AAC Users

This is a guide on working with people who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication as their primary form of communication. You can read the guide below, which is available to download as… Continue reading…

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 you now! Call Us CRIPtic takes you on a journey through our… Continue reading…

LEARNING AND REFLECTIONS

Front Row: Theatres re-opening & online work

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: