Blog - Performing Arts
I (still) Dream of Resting Spaces
July 22, 2021 - by Raquel MeseguerI’ve lived with chronic pain for 14 years, and that means I need to lie down (a lot). For a while my world got really small. And so in 2016 I began to play with lying down in public so I could be out in the world more: I ...
Digital instrument development for Define Your Journey
July 13, 2021 - by Jo-anne CoxDirector and dramaturg on Define Your Journey, Kate Lovell, writes about her experience testing out painting with sound. I joked with Jo-anne about wishing I didn’t have to wear my director’s hat and keep us focused on our meeting agenda. Instead I wanted to don my jester’s hat and let us ...
Liz Bentley as The Handjob Maiden Delivery Woman
July 9, 2021 - by Liz BentleyAmong other things, I am writing the sequel to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. This book I am also converting into a screen play where I play the main character ‘Ofrupert’. The one and only Handjob Maiden left on the planet. The Handjob Maiden’s Tale is set in a totalitarian society ...
Born to Rock
June 27, 2021 - by Step Change StudiosPhil Emberson talks about his rock star son Alro and the value of getting active together The original premise for this article was to tell the story of my son and his dancing. However, I’m going to twist that into how the dancing has affected us, his parents. Our son ...
Liz Bentley Delivery Woman – just keep on keeping on
June 8, 2021 - by Liz BentleyRosie Wilby’s book launch ‘The Break-up Monologues’. Quote: “Statistically speaking lesbians go through more break-ups in a lifetime than anyone else.” And Liz Bentley I'm only 2 per cent lesbian. My blog ‘From Essex to London in 101 boyfriends’ reveals 101 break-ups. Maybe that’s why Rosie and I have gotten on so ...
A Star is Born: Singer and now Dancer Catherine Pugh on Moving ‘Like a Dancer’
June 7, 2021 - by Step Change StudiosMy name is Catherine Pugh. I’m from North Wales and I have Diplegic Spastic Cerebral Palsy. I am part of the Administrative Team for the NHS Physiotherapy Department at the Community Hospital in my area. My other part of life has been running Buzz-AH! a performing arts charity that I founded ...
Define Your Journey receives Arts Council funding for interactive digital research and development
May 28, 2021 - by Jo-anne CoxJo: Triggered by neurodivergent access issues elsewhere, I am weak and wobbly, but not quite defeated as I slowly emerge from a severe relapse. The path ahead will not be easy, and other obstacles may present, but for now I am excited to announce Arts Council funding of my interactive ...
Different battle same war 08: wordbomb baby
May 20, 2021 - by gobscureDisability Arts Online · Different battle same war 08: Word bomb baby Here We Come same battle. different war. rant number ...
The View from Goa
May 14, 2021 - by Step Change StudiosJolene Dias shares her experience of growing up in India and pursuing her artistic ambitions in England. An Early Love of the Arts My name is Maria Antonia Jolene Dias, and I am known as Jolene. I am originally from Goa. I have Muscular Dystrophy but this has not deterred me from ...
Deen Hallissey speaks to Cian Binchy
April 27, 2021 - by Deen HallisseyDAO's Digital Influencer Deen Hallissey chats with his old buddy and fellow digital influencer for Access All Areas, Cian Binchy about art and acting. https://youtu.be/YsfQdUZLZxg A transcript of this conversation is available here.