Press Release: Accessible Edinburgh Festival Award
Press release:
Voting opens for Accessible Edinburgh Festival Award
Award-winning disabled access review charity Euan’s Guide has announced that voting is now open for its Accessible Edinburgh Festival Award.
The annual award is presented to an Edinburgh Festivals venue that is doing something outstanding to include and welcome disabled audienc...
With the world’s biggest arts festival right on our doorstep, we’ve been working hard with Edinburgh Festival Fringe staff to help them achieve their vision of becoming the ‘most inclusive open-access arts festival in the world’ – and we’ve had lots of fun so far! Led by our Access and Inclusion Director and Disabled Access Day founder, Paul Ral...
Edinburgh’s summer festival season is upon us, and with everything happening a stone’s throw from Euan’s Guide HQ we can’t wait to see what’s in store this year! Already we’ve been chatting to artists, theatre companies and venues to discover which accessible productions are making their way to Scotland's capital in August. Here are a few of ou...
Raising the bar, not the curtain, for accessible performances
We've announced the winners of the Euan's Guide Accessible Fringe Award!
Euan’s Guide Founder, Euan MacDonald and BBC journalist Ian Hamilton presented the award and prize of £1,000 to The Solid Life of Sugar Water (Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth) and the runner up award was presented to Wendy Hoose (Birds of Paradise and Rand...
As another spectacular night came to a close at the Fringe, so too did the voting for the first ever Euan’s Guide Accessible Fringe Award. We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who took part by going out and enjoying the festival this year and sharing their experiences with us. We’ve been listening to your recommendations and ha...
After 18 years, Nottingham Youth Theatre Inclusive Company are bringing magic back to the Fringe with their new fairytale family extravaganza, ‘Bing Bang Bong!’. The group aims to make the arts inclusive of everyone and works with disabled performers and those who have learning difficulties. Needless to say, they are very excited to be returni...
Robert Softley Gale: On technology, creative audio description and the Fringe
Fringe Feature: Drama
This week we caught up with artistic director, Robert Softley Gale, after a showing of Wendy Hoose by Johnny McKnight at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Robert is a long-standing figure in the Scottish arts scene and has worked in many diverse roles including as an actor, writer and an activist for disability rights. We sp...
Garry Robson: On the circus, storytelling and a talking pig
Fringe Feature: Theatre
We met up with artistic director, Garry Robson, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year where an Edward Gorey poem is being brought to life in the deaf-friendly musical, ‘Edmund the Learned Pig’. The performance features a broken down circus and a witty, out-of-the-ordinary pig who somehow manages to steal the show....
Fringe Feature: Discussion
Jo Verrent, Senior Producer at Unlimited, has a fresh perspective on disability. Jo will be holding a discussion at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe to talk about the benefits of disability within the arts and creative industries. We had a chat with her about her Fringe event, ‘Disability – A Creative Advantage’...
Abnormally Funny People: On comedy, Edinburgh, and the Fringe
Fringe Feature: Comedy
This year we caught up with talented comedians, Abnormally Funny People, on their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for their 10th anniversary show. We spoke to co-founders Steve Best and Simon Minty about late nights and high street banking; Tanyalee Davis about cobblestones and seagulls; and newcomer to the show J...
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