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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Show announcement... 🎭 Our bold reimagining of Shakespeare's classic explores independence, autonomy and finding your person when you know you don’t have long left. Directed by Jamie Hale and starring Stephanie Castelete and Tatum Swithenbank. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

A white background with paper texture, the words “Romeo and Juliet” in blue sit in the centre. The top of the text appears to be fading as if being blown away, turning into particals on the wind.

Tatum Swithenbank, a white person with blonde mid length hair in a manual wheelchair, performs in the rehearsal room, looking at hand extended in a sharp angle.

Two images.
1. Steph Castelete, a white woman with short brown hair in an electric wheelchair performs in rehearsal with Tatum.
2. Tatum and Jamie Hale discussing a scene, a white person with ginger hair, glasses and a ginger beard in an electric wheelchair.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One week left to apply! 📣 We are looking to work with 2 people who are interested in becoming Scriptwriters and who have a great idea for a theatre show. ✨ This programme is specifically for wheelchair users aged 18-30 ✨ cripticarts.org/embark-2026/

Final week to apply - Embark 2026 Scriptwriters.

Apply by 21st September.

2x Scriptwriters will receive:
£1,850
workshops
residentials
1:1 mentoring

Who we're looking for:
Wheelchair users aged 18–30
This includes all wheelchair users, including ambulatory, partially ambulatory, and non-ambulatory wheelchair users, as long as a lack of wheelchair access would prevent them taking part in other programmes.
You do not need to have written anything before. We’re looking for storytellers, for people who have great ideas and a unique tone, people who are excited to develop their skills as a scriptwriter, who thrive working as a group, and who are looking for a place to begin their career as a scriptwriter.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Fancy a peak behind the rehearsal room curtain? The Acts is a genre-defying showcase of new writing from some of the UK’s boldest emerging theatremakers, directed by OFFIE winner Jamie Hale ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres (@tobaccofactorytheatres) 🗓️ 3-4 Sept

Jordan Charles in rehearsals, extending an arm towards the camera mid song with a large smile.

Hannah Finn in rehearsals practicing contortion, laying on the floor with limbs twisted and a serene expression.

Kat Bond in rehearsals, arms spread out with mouth and eyes wide, wearing a hat featuring two large googley eyes.

Fran Bushe in rehearsals, script in hand, leaning against a mic stand with an interested expression looking up to the side.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

CRIPtic on the radio 📻 Tune in to BBC Radio Afternoon Show at 2:45pm on Monday 24th August to hear director Jamie Hale talk about bringing The Acts to Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_bristol

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Four new pieces of theatre. One unforgettable night. “Each of these performances takes a crip influenced spin on (un)reality, to ask fabulously staged questions about who we are as (disabled) people in the world." - Jamie Hale, Director 🗓️ 3-4 Sep tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-acts

Four professionally shot images of artists from The Acts laid out in a grid, all with pink backgrounds. From left to right they are:
Jordan has dark skin and a black beard, wearing a grey shirt and bold gold jewellery whilst singing passionately into a microphone with eyes closed, mid high note.
Hannah & Morgan wearing black against the pink studio backdrop. They stand back to back and smile at the camera.
Fran is a white woman with brown hair and green eyes. She is wearing a floral print dress and smiles with arms thrown wide, caught mid dance.
Kat, a white woman with short brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a black blazer and above her head she holds a black bowler hat which is decorated with two very large googley eyes.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT ! We’re so excited to share with you the full cast of The Acts at Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres. ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres 🗓️ 3-4 Sept 🌟 tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-acts/

A pink graphic with white text across the top reading “meet the performers”. Beneath the text are nine images in circles. These images are various headshots of performers and artists. From left to right they include Sue Frumin, Hannah Finn and Morgan Barbour, Kobi Essah Ayensuo, Jordan Charles, Alexandra Donnachie, Kathryn Bond, Emily Coates, Fran Bushe and Sherrie Eugine Hart.

A pink graphic with white text reading: The Acts. 3-4 Sept 2026. Tobacco Factory Theatres. Tickets from £14.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Applications are now open! ✍📝🎭 We are looking to work with 2 people who are interested in becoming Scriptwriters and who have a great idea for a theatre show. ✨ This programme is specifically for wheelchair users aged 18-30 ✨ cripticarts.org/embark-scrip...

Open Now - Embark 2026 Scriptwriters. Wheelchair users, 18-30. Apply by 21st September.

2x Scriptwriters will receive:
£1,850
workshops
residentials
1:1 mentoring

Their script will then be given to an emerging Director, who will work with actors to stage it at a work-in-progress sharing, for industry, friends and family. This will be filmed and photographed, so that the writer has a calling card for their work.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Meet the people who'll be helping shape Embark! ⭐ 🌟 Lozza Gilbert 🌟 Simi Roach 🌟 Anna Landre 🌟 Miggy Barker Embark is a year-long programme for four disabled creatives with high physical access needs, designed to help kick-start creative careers cripticarts.org/meet-our-emb...

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Introducing... Kat Bond! The Making of the Eye Show by Kat Bond is one of the pieces that makes up The Acts, coming to Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres this September 👀 ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres 🗓️ 3-4 Sept 🌟 Link to book in our bio

An image of Kat against a pink studio backdrop. Kat is a white woman with short brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a black blazer and funky purple and green trousers. Above her head she holds a black bowler hat which is decorated with two very large googley eyes.

Everything anyone’s ever thought about eyes, visual impairment and able anxiety. A bold, funny and awkward satire of the diagnosis show, in reaction to Kat’s own impulse post diagnosis of a degenerative eye condition to make a pity party piece. Featuring clowning, stand up and storytelling.

Kat is a queer, Offie-nominated actor, comic and writer from Essex. When not performing and developing shows with other theatre companies she is making her own unique comedy shows that combine stand up, clown and mostly anarchic characters. Kat has written and performed in CBBC’s Bafta award winning Class Dismissed and Odd Squad. She won The Funny Women Comedy Writing Award 2021 and has been developing scripts for TV since. She is also a trained improviser with the Free Association, freelance facilitator and access support worker for Access All Areas. Kat is visually impaired and has a new diagnosis of RP. Humour drives most of her work and she loves how helpful it is in storytelling.

Theatre credits include: The Beach House (Park Theatre), It’s True, It’s True, It’s True (Breach Theatre), Cinderella (Theatre Royal, Stratford East), Madhouse Re: Exit with Access All Areas (The Lowry), Aloe Aloe (Bush Theatre & Arts Theatre), Never Like Her Anyway (Soho Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (The Junction)

TV credits include: The Dream Lands (BBC), Eastenders (BBC), Smothered (Sky), Dick Turpin (Apple TV+), Whitstable Pearl (Acorn TV), Call the Midwife (BBC), UrbanMyths (Sky Arts), Dr Brown Show (Channel 4).

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Introducing... Jordan Charles! Ride the Wind by Jordan Charles is one of the pieces that makes up The Acts, coming to Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres this September 🎶 ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres 🗓️ 3-4 Sept 🌟 Link to book in our bio

An image of Jordan against a pink studio backdrop. Jordan has dark skin and a black beard, wearing a grey shirt and bold gold jewellery whilst singing passionately into a microphone with eyes closed, mid high note.

Weaving Yoruba mythology, puppetry and West African dance to induce a state of enchantment, this original Afro-fantasy musical reaches across the vastness of history and through the artificial veil of colonial disenfranchisement. When an ostracised, disabled boy is granted the power of flight by a Storm Goddess, will he use it in vengeance or heroism?

Myths are Magic…and we have so many to tell. I am Queer Person of Colour, Disabled artist, novelist, playwright, composer, vocalist and storyteller. I’m a fantasy nerd that just wants to spend my time telling stories, ancient and new.

My practice over the last few years has been a deep dive into the beautiful, ancient and enduring spiritual myths of the Yoruba diaspora. Taking stories and venerated figures who are held close by people from Nigeria to Cuba and beyond, I have written a new myth that grows from those historic roots.

I’ve been hosting, singing and performing internationally for ten years. Everywhere from cabaret bars to cruise ships, from the Cocoa Butter Club to Channel 4, I’ve laughed and danced with thousands of people. I want to bring that same joy and sprinkle it with the enchantment that magical stories bring.

When I return to some of my stomping grounds like Glastonbury & Wilderness Festivals, Manchester’s Islington Mill or my home turf of Soho Theatre Walthamstow, I hope to be weaving more magical tales.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Introducing... Hannah Finn & Morgan Barbour / Duo Artemis! The Double Draw by Hannah Finn and Morgan Barbouris one of the pieces that makes up The Acts, coming to Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres this September 🏹 ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres 🗓️ 3-4 Sept

An image of Hannah & Morgan wearing black against a pink studio backdrop. The two make bold shapes with their body using contortion, Morgan lays on the floor with leg pointed upwards, whilst Hannah is leaning back and mirroring the shape of Morgan's leg with her arm.

Two rival sister huntresses, one craving control, one craving freedom, compete beneath the goddess Artemis’ watch. A circus show blending archery, duo acrobatics, physical theatre, contemporary dance and contortion.

Duo Artemis, a collaboration between internationally renowned contortionist Hannah Finn and world record holder Morgan Barbour, creates feminist work that blends strength and grace. Their creative practice sits at the intersection of high-level circus skill and character-driven storytelling, using circus as visual metaphor.

Their credits span five continents, including appearances on America’s Got Talent, working with Harry Styles, A Magical Cirque Christmas, Kazakh State Circus, The Box, Giffords Circus, Coliseu Lisboa, and The Roundhouse.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Introducing... Fran Bushe! HOT COLD by Fran Bushe is one of the pieces that makes up The Acts, coming to Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres this September 🦎 ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres 🗓️ 3-4 Sept 🌟 Link to book in our bio

An image of Fran against a pink studio backdrop. Fran is a white woman with brown hair and green eyes. She is wearing a floral print dress and smiles with arms thrown wide, caught mid dance.

About HOT COLD:
Grace has a lot on her plate: Her husband is keeping a sex diary, her mother keeps flashing the nurses … and Grace is pretty sure she is turning into a giant lizard. A funny and raw exploration of perimenopause, being part of the sandwich generation and not recognising your own body.

About Fran:
Fran Bushe is a disabled and neurodivergent artist and an award-winning writer, performer and workshop facilitator. She is known for her funny, candid and poignant storytelling, that centres the body, the challenges of connecting and the importance of community.

Her solo show Ad Libido had multiple sold out runs and a UK tour. She wrote The Diary of My Broken Vagina for Channel 4 Comedy and her book My Broken Vagina was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 2021.

Her play A Gig for Ghosts won the Soho Theatre Tony Craze Prize, had a full run in 2022 and was listed in the best theatre of 2022. Her candid approach to discussing bodies, sex and pleasure has led to her speaking with BBC Woman’s Hour, Cosmopolitan and Jameela Jamil’s I Weigh.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We're returning to Bristol this autumn with a genre-defying showcase of new writing from some of the UK’s boldest emerging disabled theatremakers, directed by OFFIE winner Jamie Hale 🎉 ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres 🗓️ 3-4 Sept 🌟 tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-acts/

A group of five people stand and sit in a well lit studio with a pink background. They smile or stare at the camera confidentially. White text is digitally imposed reading "The Acts, 3-4 Sept 2026" in addition to logos for CRIPtic Arts, Tobacco Factory Theatres and Arts Council England.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So what do our participants have to say about three brilliant years of Connect Through Creativity?

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

CRIPtic Arts is delighted to be presenting a large-scale Romeo and Juliet, directed by Jamie Hale and starring Tatum Swithenbank and Steph Castelete. Opening May 2027. Find out more about the project and the fantastic team behind it here - cripticarts.org/romeo-and-ju...

Stephanie Castelete and Tatum Swithenbank in R&D rehearsals. Steph, a white woman with short brown hair in an electric wheelchair performs in rehearsal with Tatum, a white person with blonde mid length hair in a manual wheelchair.

Jamie Hale, a white person with ginger hair, glasses and a ginger beard, wearing a black rollneck, in an electric wheelchair, smiles up at someone off camera.

The full team are seated around the table in the rehearsal space, all discussing.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Are you taking a disabled made show to Fringe (or know someone who is?) We want to see it! 🤲 Our Development Producer, Jack Wakely, is headed to Edinburgh Fringe this year, and is planning to see shows by disabled artists. Email us at artists@cripticarts.org with “Fringe” in the subject line

Luke, Jack and Ru stand together in a theatre space. They are pointing in the same general direction but all at different points. Luke is smiling whilst Jack is mid sentence and Ru looks on. Text is digitally imposed on the image in a black banner reading "We want to see YOUR show!"

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We're casting for a performer (actor/singer) to star in a new work by the incredible Jordan Charles 🎭 🎶 Please note this is a role reserved for a wheelchair user (non-ambulatory or ambulatory). Head to our jobs page (link in bio) to find out more cripticarts.org/jobs-2/

We are casting for a performer (actor/singer) for Ride the Wind, a new work by Jordan Charles, which will be performed as part of CRIPtic Arts’ The Acts at Tobacco Factory Theatres in Bristol in September 2026.

Gender: Male (he/him) – open to any performers who are open to playing male roles
Age: 15 (playing age under 25)
Race: Black; West African, Nigerian
Characteristics: Dark skin, fiery personality with an intelligent and thoughtful centre
Skills: Strong singer
Tundé must be played by a wheelchair user (non-ambulatory or ambulatory)

When an ostracised, disabled boy is granted the power of flight by a Storm Goddess, will he use it in vengeance or heroism? Ride the Wind, an original Afro-fantasy musical by Jordan Charles, reaches across the vastness of history and through the artificial veil of colonial disenfranchisement to enchant audiences. Please note this is a role reserved for a wheelchair user (non-ambulatory or ambulatory).

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Work with us! 🌟 We're recruiting for creative roles for our next production 🎭 cripticarts.org/jobs-2/

Director, Jamie Hale, and Assistant director, Miggy Barker, in rehearsals. Jamie has red hair and beard and wears a blue shirt with CRIPtic Arts lanyard and sits in their electric wheelchair. Miggy has green hair and wears a black vest and sits in their electric wheelchair. They are discussing something whilst looking at each other, with various other members of the team out of focus in the background, also working.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Are you a wheelchair user aged 18 to 30? Want to help shape our new programme? 🎭 Join our Project Board for Embark! 🎉 Fee: £1,000 per person. Time commitment: 6 meetings across the year, plus a handover meeting in 2027 Location: Zoom Deadline: Fri 5 June cripticarts.org/embark-2026/

A graphic with text reading "Join our project board" digitally imposed behind a photo of Dr Jessi Parrott in a rehearsal room. Jessi, a white person with short brown hair, is in their powered wheelchair wearing rainbow dungarees. They look off camera with a smile across their face.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

CRIPtic Arts are delighted to share that last week we won a Scope Award for Community Group 🎉 🎉 🎉 We're incredibly grateful for this recognition from Scope and the judges, and are immensely grateful for this wonderful community. 📸 Natasha Hirst Photography

A photograph of a group of people at the Scope 2026 Awards ceremony. Ade Adepitan, Caitlin Richards, Funmi Aishah Lawal, and Dr Amit Patel are in front of a bright purple backdrop with Scope branding including logos and a large sparkling circle. They are smiling at the camera and lean in together to pose.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

CRIPtic Arts are celebrating 3 Years of Connect Through Creativity 🎉 Have you attended or facilitated one of our workshops? We want to hear from you! 📣 ✨ You can also opt in to be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 gift e-voucher for your participation. forms.gle/npWP4pt8RjZK...

Ada, a young Nigerian woman in a rehearsal room smiles behind a laptop and mug.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Autobiographical work can be very powerful, but it must be made with genuine care, consent, agency and choice - not because it’s the one kind of work the industry will accept. New blog by Jamie Hale - cripticarts.org/autobiographical-work-for-theatre-makers/

Theatre often asks people, especially people from marginalised groups, to mine their trauma as the most valuable creative inspiration we have to offer. That expectation isn’t just limiting, it’s harmful.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

So thrilled to announce that we've added some new workshops to this season of Connect Through Creativity! 🎉 So You Want To Produce & Make Accessible Work with Miranda Debenham 🗓️ 31st Mar, 21st Apr, 19th May 🎟️ Connect Through Creative is free and hosted online 🔗 cripticarts.org/events/

Black graphic with blue and white text reading "So you want to... Produce and make accessible work?" with logos for CRIPtic, City Bridge Foundation and Connect Through Creativity. There is an abstract painting of swirls of green and cream in the bottom left corner.

Blue and white graphic with the above information, featuring an image of Miranda sat at her desk at work holding a cup of tea. She's smiling at the camera, with blue turquoise hair and a patterned dress.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Just one week left to apply for our 2026 artist development programmes for disabled creatives! 🎭📖✨ 📅 Applications open until Friday 13 March at 5pm 🔗 Learn more & apply - cripticarts.org/artist-devel... We can’t wait to connect, read your applications and find our 2026 cohort!

Black graphic with white text reading "One week left to apply for our 2026 Artist Development." With abstract paint of green, blue and pink by Rachel Gadsden. With logos for CRIPtic Arts and Arts Council England.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

That's right, folks! We've got a whole new season of Connect Through Creativity coming up and we CAN'T WAIT! Check out the line up of incredible disabled creatives 🎉 Spaces are available to book now - cripticarts.org/events/

First image is a black and blue graphic with white text reading "Free online workshops for disabled creatives" with a vibrant green neon painting by Rachel Gadsden beneath with a paper torn effect.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🌱 Reach - Supporting five emerging writers to develop their first full-length show with a programme of online workshops, peer-facilitated sessions and writers’ residentials, ending in an industry sharing of the work. 📅 Applications open now until Friday 13 March at 5pm cripticarts.org/reach/

Ozioma Ihesiene, a black woman wearing a white head wrap and green hoodie, reads from a script.

A bold abstract artwork with a mix of purples and blues with white text reading "Reach, for writers"

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🚀 Launchpad is a development and staging scheme for four theatremakers to further develop an existing script, culminating in a 20-minute staging as part of a showcase produced and directed by CRIPtic Arts at Tobacco Factory Theatres 📅 Applications open until 13 March cripticarts.org/launchpad/

Tatum Swithenbank, a white non-binary person with short hair and a burgundy hat rehearses in a theatre space with black backdrop. They sit in their manual wheelchair with hand raised pointing up.

A bold abstract artwork with a mix of oranges, purples and reds with white text reading "Launchpad, for theatremakers"

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Introducing one of four artist development programmes for disabled creatives. Incubate is a leadership development programme for disabled people creating cultural change in the arts, as individuals or by building small organisations 🥚 📅 Applications open until 13th March cripticarts.org/incubate

Miss Jacqui, a black electric wheelchair user wearing all green, performs into a microphone on stage, lit by warm pink lighting. Her eyes are closed as she performs with emotion, with one hand raised.

A bold abstract artwork with a mix of oranges, pinks and reds with white text reading "Incubate, for cultural leaders"

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🔨 It's time to BREAKTHROUGH Breakthrough is one of four artist development programmes for disabled creatives, a one-year commission for a mid or late-career creative to break the barriers to mainstream success. 📅 Applications open now until Friday 13 March at 5pm cripticarts.org/breakthrough/

Production shot from The Acts at The Barbican. Rachel Gadsden, a white woman with short cropped hair wearing a skeletal skirt with syringes hooked around, stands looking out at the audience with arms raised and a triumphant look. Behind her is a bright painting out of focus.

A bold abstract artwork with a mix of oranges, purples and reds with white text reading "Breakthrough, for creators"

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 We’re BACK with our 2026 artist development programmes for disabled creatives, and applications are officially open! 🎭📖✨ 📅 Applications open now until Friday 13 March at 5pm cripticarts.org/artist-development/ #CRIPticArts #DisabledCreatives #ArtistDevelopment #CripCreativity

Black graphic with white text reading "Artist Development 2025 now open" With abstract paint of green, blue and pink.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

CRIPtic are so excited to be part of #DeptfordLitFest 2026! You can catch us on Saturday 28th March as part of this year’s programme with a special online Writers Salon. Festival run by @ldnwriterscentre.bsky.social & Tom MacAndrew. www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...

Yellow and white graphic with black text reading "Deptford Literature Festival. CRIPtic x London Writers Salon with Jamie Hale and Abi Palmer. Saturday 28th March 2026, 5:30pm, Online." Included in the graphic are headshots of Jamie and Abi, and black illustrations of buildings and figures.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

OFFIE FINALISTS! 🎉 🎉 A massive congratulations to CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director, Jamie Hale, and CRIPtic Reach & Incubate 2025 Artists Marcy Rick and Claire Beerjeraz for their Offie Nomination for their incredible staging of Transpose at the Barbican 🎉 🎉 Photo by Sophia Stefellé 📸 #Offies2026

Two performers on stage, washed in warm and blue lighting

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Acts as told through Foxy's polaroid camera 📸 What a joyous weekend filled with disabled art and storytelling 🌟

6 polaroid photos spread out on a warm wood grain table.
1) Peyvand and EM grin at the camera, the warm lights and mirrors of the dressing rooms are visible behind them.
2) Ru and Sha are caught doing an enthusiastic 'coo!' at the camera. Sha is holding Pru the Pidge.
3) Miggy and Jamie with Foxy squatting between them, all smiling at the camera. Foxy has a hand on Miggy's chair and Jamie a hand on Foxy's shoulder. The lights and colours of the bar are visible in the background.
4) A group shot of Peyvand, Georgi, EM, Ru, Nathan, Taytum and Sha beaming with their arms round one another against a background of concrete wall and the costume rail. Several red Old Vic lanyards can be seen around people's necks. Heartbreakingly, only half of Sha's face is visible!
5) An action shot of Rudzani celebrating in the dressing room! Fists clenched, mouth wide open and hair moving as Georgi and Sha grins in the background
6) Georgi and Nathan stand close together with big smiles looking at the camera, the costume rail just peeking out behind Nathan.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

New rehearsal images just dropped for The Acts 🔥 The phenomenal Shona Louise Cobb joined us at rehearsals this weekend to capture some of the magic of The Acts. ✨ The Acts 📍 Bristol Old Vic 🗓️ 23 and 24 January 2026 bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/cri...

Mid rehearsal, movement director Rudzani Moleya kneels on one knee smiling at two actors on a bed, Georgi Arthur and Nathan Patterson. In the background is director Jamie Hale.

Actors Georgi Arthur and Nathan Patterson performing The Ache of It, their faces are touching whilst they share an embrace, smiling. A warm light surrounds them.

SO SHA performing Pruu the Pidj. She wears a brightly coloured matching shirt and trouser set with pink, blue and green patterns and yellow lemons. Arms stretched out in front of her hold Pruu, a knitted pigeon wearing a red scarf, they look at each other smiling.

In the rehearsal room, two people, Jamie Hale and Miggy Barker are out of focus in the foreground, they’re both using electric wheelchairs and looking on to the action behind them. In the background in focus is movement director Rudzani Moleya, and actors Georgi Arthur and Nathan Patterson. Rudzani and Georgi stand whilst Nathan lies on the bed.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Casting call for two performers for The Ache of It, a new work by Caitlin Magnall Kearns ✨ To be performed as part of CRIPtic Arts’ The Acts at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio in January 2026 🌟 Deadline: Friday 31st October. Find out more and apply - cripticarts.org/jobs-2/

We are casting for two performers for, The Ache of It, a new work by Caitlin Magnall Kearns, which will be performed as part of CRIPtic Arts’ The Acts at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio in January 2026.

Fiona:
Fat
Late 20s-50s
Have or be able to perform an Irish accent
d/Deaf/disabled/neurodivergent

Simon:
Late 20s-50s
Have or be able to perform an Irish accent
d/Deaf/disabled/neurodivergent

About The Ache of It: Set in a seaside B&B in Northern Ireland, The Ache of It follows Simon, a married cab driver with osteoarthritis who feels like he’s past his prime, and Fiona, a fat, bisexual widow, as they embark on a complex, decade-long affair. The Ache of It places disabled and fat bodies at the heart of a romantic narrative, exploring themes of desire, guilt, aging, and care with humanity, craic and honesty. The excerpt of the piece performed at the showcase will be 20 minutes in total.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Want to know how to build a bespoke rehearsal process that suits your show? Join us next Tuesday for Building a Rehearsal Process with Debbie Hannah! ✨ Our workshops are free and open to anyone! 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-b...

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We're delighted to share that we've been nominated in the Access Category of @fringetheatreaward.bsky.social for Liberty ✨ The Fringe Theatre Awards congratulate CRIPtic Arts in the Access Category for their “Liberty Festival” Please see full nominations on the FTA website #theFTA

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

About last night... 👀 We kicked of Liberty Festival in style last night at The Clapham Grand! 🎉 🔥 With an incredible line up from Midgitte Bardot, SO SHA, Ebony Rose Dark, Santi Tonauac Castro and Sound Minds!

1 - Production shot of Midgitte Bardot performing on stage, with mouth wide mid song, singing into a microphone.

2 - Production shot of Rebekah on stage. She looks down at the electric guitar she's playing whilst singing into a microphone.

3 - Two audience members enjoying the music, one holds a tamborine above his head.

4 - Production shot of SO SHA on stage, knelt down looking directly at the camera whilst singing into a microphone.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Q&A with artist, Chisato Minamimura, creator of The Lost Golden Lotus ✨ Free tickets are nearly sold out for The Lost Golden Lotus at Tara Theatre this Saturday as part of Liberty Festival, so be sure to book yours quick before they're all gone. welcometowandsworth.com/news/chisato...

Two continuous graphics with text overlaid on an image of Chisato, a Japanese woman with a black bob. She stands in a white tunic dress in front of a blurred background of trees and greenery. Text reads "Disabled voices bring unique perspectives that challenge mainstream narratives. By spotlighting them, we create space for authenticity and diversity. My disability informs my art by shaping the way I approach the body, presence, and silence, it allows me to transform limitation into creative possibility."

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Have you seen our print out and about? Did you know it opens up to a handy map of all the venues we're taking over for Liberty Festival? 👀 Cover artwork by Rachel Gadsden 🎨

A white hand holds up print in front of the exterior of Battersea Arts Centre, the sun is shining. In the hand are two pieces of print, the first is a flyer/programme for Liberty Festival featuring artwork by Rachel Gadsden, the second is a map of the Wandsworth area, featuring various venues and train stations.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

With so much happening this week (have we mentioned how excited we are for Liberty Festival?), have a look at this handy guide to see what events, shows, installations and workshops you can make it to. ✨ Liberty Festival 🗓️ Wed 24 - Sun 28 Sep 🎟️ All events free!

Timetable for Liberty Festival. Wednesday includes Liberty Festival Opening Party at Clapham Grand. Thursday includes When the World Turns and Songs of Self Soothing at BAC Lower Hall Suite, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar and Dorodango workshop, GOBLIN and Elvis Died of Burgers at Battersea Arts Centre.
Friday includes When the World Turns, Love In and SADBOI at Battersea Arts Centre, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar and CRIPtic Presents: Past, Present, Future at Tara Theatre.
Saturday includes Altar to Joy and Disco Neurotica and Deaf Rave Takeover at Battesea Arts Centre, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar, Love in at BAC Cafe, The Lost Golden Lotus at Tara Theatre, Open Mic at The Bedford and Hexagram at World Heart Beat.
Sunday includes Dorodango Workshop and Daughters of the Sea at Battersea Arts Centre, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar, Life of I at Tara Theatre and Sunday Picnic in that Park at Battersea Park.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Check out the interview with Battersea-based mental health charity, Sound Mind's, CEO Chas de Swiet to find out more about the charity and his connection to Liberty Festival. welcometowandsworth.com/news/sound-m...

1 - Text above image. Text reads "It’s
INTERCONNECTEDNESS that makes Battersea so special." The band The Outpatients are performing at Kew Gardens. Four men are on stage playing keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit. They are surrounded by lush vegetation, in the background is the glass and ironwork of the Temperate House.

2 - White text on blue background. Text reads “I think what’s important about Sound Minds is that we’re user-led organisation. And we don’t do music and art therapy per se, but we do believe passionately that creative activity is good for people’s wellbeing and their recovery journey.”

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Jack Wakely Talks Disability, Clowning, and GOBLIN Check out the interview with Jack ahead of their performance of GOBLIN at Liberty Festival this Thursday! A handful of extra tickets have been released but grab them quick before they're all gone! welcometowandsworth.com/news/jack-wa...

1 - “I think that there is a sense in a lot of places that work made by disabled people is of less quality than work made by abled people, which is such NONSENSE.” Digitally imposed over Jack, a white non-binary person with bright green hair and wearing a white t-shirt stands with their back to the camera under UV light, doing a morning stretch. They are surrounded by trinkets; a tiny pink flamingo, a book, leaves, a water bottle, a shiny pink love-heart shaped disco purse, and other nondescript things.

2 - Same image as before with this text digitally added: “It's also really important that disabled artists are given the space and the time and the ability to make work that isn't entirely about being disabled.“

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

That's right! Extra tickets now added to many of the sold out (and FREE) events taking part as part of Liberty Festival 2025 😱 🗓️ 24-29 Sept 🎟️ All events FREE! 🔗 Book your spot before they're all gone! -welcometowandsworth.com/liberty-fest...

"Extra tickets released" is digitally imposed behind a professional studio shot. Three women, two are white and one has brown skin, surround a pile of sand against a grey background in a variety of dynamic balletic positions. Photo by Mefus Photography of Daughters of the Sea.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A behind the scenes look at The Lost Golden Lotus 👀 ✨ The Lost Golden Lotus at Liberty Festival 2025 🗓️ Saturday 27th September 📍 Tara Theatre 🎟️ Free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1500522115...

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

The first time to experience it in person... ✨ How to be Held: Songs of Self-Soothing at Liberty Festival 2025 🗓️ Thurs 25th September 🕓 4pm to 7pm 📍 Battersea Arts Centre 🎟️ Free! No booking required. How to be Held: Songs of Self-Soothing is an immersive, multi-sensory sound installation within a

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We're SO EXCITED about this upcoming season of Connect Through Creativity, jam packed with free workshops and networking to get your creativity flowing and up your game 🔥 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/cc/criptic-a...

A purple graphic with white text reading "So you want to..." in bold, followed by a repeating motif of text "make theate, write, chat, network, be creative, care"

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

In just two weeks time we'll be partying it up at the Liberty Festival Opening Party 🥳 Liberty Festival 2025 will be an unmissable week of disabled-led art, music, theatre & joy ✨ 🗓️ 24-29 Sept 📍 Wandsworth 🎟️ All events FREE! 🔗 welcometowandsworth.com/liberty-fest...

Text reads "2 weeks to go!" digitally added onto image of Sim Campbell sitting centre stage on a sofa. He is a black man with dyed dreadlocks, wearing a black vest, grey shorts and white socks. He's surrounded by mysterious figures wearing trench coats, masks and hats. They frame him as they pass objects to eachother, behind and around him. But Sim is looking intently at his own hands, which are held up in front of him as he uses sign language.

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CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

✨ Host & special performance reveal ✨ Open Mic at Liberty Festival 🗓️ Saturday 27th September 🕛 1-3pm 📍 The Bedford, Balham 🎟️ Free! Hosted by Lolo Brow with special performance by Maddie Morris 🔥 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1450127924...

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