Disability Arts Online

13/12/2024

Combining musical theatre, movement, live art and drag, Midgitte Bardot’s Shooting from Below explores what happens when you gaslight a dwarf star to the point of combustion.

When - 17 January
Where - Southbank Centre
Cost - From £8

Combining musical theatre, movement, live art and drag, this show explores what happens when you gaslight a dwarf star to the point of combustion. ‘Not all people without dwarfism are under the presumption that people with dwarfism are there for entertainment as pets, toys, fetishes, dream sequenc...

13/12/2024

To coincide with Disability History Month and this year’s theme of Disability, Livelihood and Employment, we have written a step-by-step resource aimed at supporting organisations to improve the accessibility of their recruitment and employment practices.

Explore the guide ↓
https://disabilityarts.online/resources/guides-and-toolkits/accessible-recruitment-and-employment/a-guide-to-accessible-recruitment-and-employment/

13/12/2024

In his latest blog post, Will Reynolds offers a digital care package for those going through a PIP renewal.

https://disabilityarts.online/blog/will-reynolds/deep-in-the-pip-pit/

13/12/2024

An evening of circus, dance and magic acts curated by Porcelain Delaney

Get ready for a dazzling night of entertainment with magician Adam B, juggler Louise and the fabulous dancer Miss Lolly May.

When - 14 December
Where - Factory International
Cost - Free

An evening of circus, dance and magic acts curated by Porcelain Delaney Get ready for a dazzling night of entertainment with magician Adam B, juggler Louise and the fabulous dancer Miss Lolly May. These legendary artists happen to share one thing in common: they are all disabled and/or neurodivergen...

12/12/2024

Clean Break are looking for a friendly, positive and diligent individual to join them as Development Coordinator. You will have an eye for detail and enjoy working a spart of a close knit team.

Closing - 06 January
Location - London
££ - £27,000

We’re looking for a friendly, positive and diligent candidate, who has an eye for detail and enjoys working as part of a close-knit team as well as with colleagues across the organisation. You’ll have good communication skills both written and verbal and be capable of holding relationships with ...

12/12/2024

Open Up Music are looking to recruit trustees to help support the organisation through its next, exciting stage of development.

Closing - 06 January
Location - Hybrid
££ - Voluntary

Open Up Music is an organisation with a simple but powerful mission: to open up music to young disabled musicians. We work alongside those young people to tackle musical inequality - inspiring new instruments and creating new musical forms for the 21st century. We are looking to recruit trustees to....

12/12/2024

Parents & Carers in Performing Arts are looking for a Digital Community Manager to join them and mobilise their community in all its forms, through digital communication campaigns.

Closing - 03 February
Location - Remote
££ - £28,000-£32,000 FTE

21 hours per week, remote and flexible This is an opportunity for someone to love and mobilise the P**A community in all its forms, through digital communication campaigns. You’ll love community building and understand why people join and stay in the community - and how supported community can bot...

11/12/2024

Lights Up sessions are an opportunity to explore the exhibition ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ with brighter and more even lighting conditions across the gallery.

When - 19 December
Where - Wellcome Collection
Cost - Free

Lights Up sessions are an opportunity to explore our exhibition ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ with brighter and more even lighting conditions across the gallery. A digital guide with audio description and BSL videos, visual story, sensory map and large-print guides are available for use ...

11/12/2024

We're now on Bluesky!

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11/12/2024

Neurodivergent+ Journalist Emma Robdale talks to Joanne Limburg about her book featuring a series of letters to four ‘weird sisters’ from history.

https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/interviews/letters-to-my-weird-sisters-on-autism-feminism-and-motherhood/

09/12/2024

"I wanna make my mark as an individual artist, an individual with a learning disability."
Charlotte Little, from DIY Theatre Company, has left a mark co-directing YES Drama at The Lowry during the Transforming Leadership National programme.

Read about her experience in the latest Transforming Leadership project blog.

https://disabilityarts.online/blog/transforming-leadership/charlotte-little-from-diy-theatre-on-her-residencies-with-transforming-leadership/

09/12/2024

Deen Hallissey finds lots of parallel connections whilst visiting Jason Wilsher-Mills’ Jason and the Adventure of 254 exhibition at Wellcome Collection.

https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/deen-and-the-254/

09/12/2024

Take a seat for a riveting, timely discussion with global icon Judith Butler, exploring how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world.

When - 09 March 2025
Where - Southbank Centre
Cost - From £15

Take a seat for a riveting, timely discussion with global icon Judith Butler, exploring how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world. Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on ge...

09/12/2024

🐲 The Together 2012 CIC Pop-Up Poetry Club share poems written as part of this years Kitchen Carnival on the theme of Dragons.

https://disabilityarts.online/blog/together_2012/the-together-2012-pop-up-poetry-club-dragons/

06/12/2024

Are you ready to rock out with some incredible talent? The Rock House is back for a night you won’t want to miss.

When - 09 December
Where - Brighton
Cost - £4.80

Are you ready to rock out with some incredible talent? The Rock House is back for a night you won’t want to miss. Join us on Monday 9 December at Green Door Store for a festive evening of live music. We’ve got an amazing lineup of acts including: Jimmy Fuzz…

06/12/2024

Richard Downes listens to Wendy Young’s new poetry album ‘Passing For Human’.

https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/reviews/passing-for-human/

06/12/2024

Award-winning Yesyesnono are making their biggest show yet – the story of the French Revolution. It’s a show about angry, hungry citizens demanding a better world (It’s not Les Mis).

When - Till 14 December
Where - New Diorama Theatre
Cost - £22

Raucous historical theatre with bite, anarchy, and a bouncy castle. August 1792. Twenty-thousand people storm the palace of King Louis XVI. Six months later he is guillotined: France is a Republic. July 1794. Fifteen thousand more people have had their heads chopped off. Republican leader Robespierr...

05/12/2024

Liberty Festival have an open call for d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists, producers and creatives to undertake research and development for new arts projects that can be delivered as part of the 2025 festival.

Closing - 08 January
Location - UK
££ - £500-£10,000

What we are looking forWe are excited to receive proposals in any artform and for any target audience. We'd be especially keen to fund proposals which: Take a thoughtful and/or innovative approach to accessibility Advocate for disabled people's rights Attract new audiences to disability arts Respond...