News, Blog and Updates from CRIPtic Arts

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Five Years of CRIPtic Arts

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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…

Advice for Emerging Directors

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By CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale. I became a theatre director by accident. I was taking a mixed bill to the Barbican, and was asked whether I was going to perform…

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

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We know that applications take time and energy, and we really value the care artists put into them. As a small organisation with an open application process, we’re currently only able to…

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

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CRIPtic Arts are delighted to share that last week we won a Scope Award for Community Group. We’re incredibly grateful for this recognition from Scope and the judges, and are immensely grateful…

CRIPtic Arts 2026 Artist Announcement

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Announcing our 2026 Artists. We’re thrilled to introduce the amazing creatives who have joined our 2026 Artist Development Programmes! In 2026, we’re once again delivering four artist development programmes, designed to support…

Autobiographical Work for Theatre-makers

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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…

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.

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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…

Jamie Hale talking to a team member in a theatre.

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

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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…

Tatum, a non-binary person, sits in a spotlight, their back to the camera.

CRIPtic 2026 Artist Development Programme

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In 2026, CRIPtic Arts will once again deliver four artist development programmes, Reach, Launchpad, Breakthrough and Incubate. Each project is designed to support disabled creatives at different stages in their career, from…

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Free Introduction to Access Training

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We are very excited to launch our free course led by Jamiesha Prescod – an Introduction to Access Training for the Cultural Sector. At CRIPtic Arts, we work with organisations in the…