Reflections Archives - CRIPtic Arts

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Focus Groups: Lessons Learned from our Audience

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Earlier this summer, at CRIPtic, we held two focus groups. One was for disabled cultural workers from the global majority. The other was for people facing specific access barriers. This includes people…

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Black Out Nights: The magic of live theatre

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The magic of theatre is its nature as in live performance; both for audiences, and for performers. You spend weeks or months creating an alchemy in the rehearsal room. The confrontation between…

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Broadening Our Practice

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CRIPtic is my baby – but it’s not just mine. It was built as a community project. If I had to estimate the number of people who’ve been involved with it, it…

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Prioritising Health: Lessons Learned

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This week’s blog is a short one – to make sure I’m prioritising health. Last week, I took some time to focus on my creative work and for family reasons. I don’t…

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Building Networks: Lessons Learned

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We went into CRIPtic 2021 without a very wide network. We certainly had quite a few contacts and offers of support. A lot of our work centred around the few networks we…

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Workload Management: Lessons Learned

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As part of the process of assessing quality and success in our projects, we’re writing a series of blog posts exploring some of the key learnings from our 2021 development programme and…

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Access Needs: Lessons Learned

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To assess the quality and success in our projects, we’re writing a series of blog posts exploring some of the key learnings from CRIPtic 2021. We want to reflect on our experiences…

This week at the CRIPtic 1:1s

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This week our Artistic Director Jamie Hale hosted the first of the CRIPtic 1:1 bookable slots. We were thrilled to be joined by a fantastic and wide range of creatives, and loved…

The Disablism of Age Barriers in the Arts

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At their heart, most age barriers in the arts are disableist. They create barriers that prevent disabled people having equity of access to opportunities. Their assumption that age is representative of life-stage,…

CRIPtic Pit Party, Barbican Stories, & Institutional Racism

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CRIPtic Pit Party and Barbican Stories – A statement CRIPtic Pit Party 2021 – a showcase of d/Deaf and disabled artists, is taking place in the Pit at the Barbican in Autumn…