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Jamie, a white person with dark red hair and beard, sits in an electric wheelchair, wearing ripped black jeans and a silver top. Sophie, a white woman with brown hair in blue scrubs is at the side of the image, pulling a leather jacket off Jamie's arm, as Jamie looks at her, camp and poised. The photo was taken by Becky Bailey for the NOT DYING R&D in April 2022.

CRIPtic x Trans Vegas: Trans and Deaf or Disabled Performers

Wanted: trans and deaf or disabled performers to perform at HOME Manchester (paid opportunity – £250) After years of collaboration, including Trans Vegas Director, Kate O’Donnell, directing the original version of Jamie Hale’s NOT DYING, we will be bringing the relaunched version of the show to HOME Manchester on Friday 11th November. To accompany it,…

On Jamie Hale’s withdrawal from the LET Awards, in protest at inaccessibility

Yesterday, our Artistic Director, Jamie Hale, withdrew from consideration for the Les Enfants Terribles awards, at the end of their performance. They did this because while the other nine acts performed on the main stage, because the venue booked did not have wheelchair access to the main stage, they were expected to perform in the…

2022 at CRIPtic Arts

We have come to the end of another successful year at CRIPtic. Over the past year, we’ve focused on deeper public engagement. This included running a wide range of creative workshops, exploring everything from Creative Access with Julie McNamara to Advanced Directing with Lilac Yosipon. We’ve curated six fabulous salons by, and for deaf and…

CRIPtic Arts: Research, Resources, Revolution

CRIPtic Arts: Research, Resources, Revolution CRIPtic Arts is proud to launch our newly formed research and development wing – Research, Resources, Revolution. With this launch, we are announcing two new research projects, Concrete Commitments and Inadequate Access and Always the Audience, Never the Star. These projects are designed to research specific barriers for deaf and…

CRIPtic x Trans Vegas: Trans and Deaf or Disabled Performers

NOT DYING by Jamie Hale

CRIPtic Arts will be bringing Jamie Hale’s solo show, NOT DYING, to HOME Manchester on the 11th November. This is part of our long-standing collaboration with Kate O’Donnell and Trans Vegas. Jamie Hale first drafted NOT DYING in 2018, when the Barbican Centre commissioned it through their Open Lab programme. There, Trans Creative’s Kate O’Donnell…