Glasgow-based Deaf Youth Theatre group, Solar Bear Theatre Company, are bringing their latest production to audiences this Autumn – and they want you to embrace it. Using new technology for deaf and hard of hearing performers, ‘Kind of Silence’, will take you on a personal journey that nobody else can experience in the same way. And the story...
Frozen Light Theatre: Original, adventurous and multi-sensory theatre
Do you like your theatre with a bit of mischief? You can explore all of the elements behind Frozen Light Theatre productions in their multi-sensory performances for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). They have been touring passionately since 2012 and their shows encompass all the senses by using music, signing an...
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....
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“He’s ready to kill for love. ”
The many wonders of love are not the subject of this play. Nor could it be described as a romantic piece. This play focuses on the darker side of human desire and questions what we would do for love. The production is a retelling of a Spanish classic transported to a modern British city. The story revolves aro...
The Unlimited Festival at Southbank Centre kicks off next week (2nd-7th September) – and here’s the low-down on what you can expect access wise!
Unlimited is an initiative to promote extraordinary art by disabled artists – there is a commissions programme and a festival which are linked, but not the same (read here for more info). The festival...
Backstage in Biscuit Land is a unique insight into what it is like to have Tourette's syndrome. Premiering at the Fringe this year, the show is a funny and perceptive tour of Jess Thom’s life. Jess’ condition means that she says ‘biscuit’ involuntarily 16,000 times a day. The show has already received a four star review from the Scotsman. We...
Graeae is a disabled-led theatre company which was formed over 30 years ago. We currently have our offices and rehearsal space in Hackney, East London. Our home is a beautifully accessible building, converted stables in fact, where no detail has been left to chance, including our award-winning door handles!
The company champions accessibility...
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