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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

APPLY NOW for Turtle Opera Oxford 2026! Turtle Opera is a FREE music and drama project for autistic 11 - 15 year olds. Join us for four days of fun, friendships and creation during the February half term at the Ogston Music School📣 🔗 Apply - www.turtlekeyarts.org.uk/turtleoperao...

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Joy Festival is back for 2026, with lots of exciting opportunities for artists who identify as D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent and/or chronically ill. Follow us @turtlekeyarts and @joyfestlondon for exciting updates! ✨️ Funded by @acegrams, @thedaisytrust and DEBK.

A blonde woman wearing a red t-shirt is holding her hands above her head with a curious and slightly apprehensive look. She is lit by theatre lighting. Above this image is overlaid a colourful heading reading 'Joy Festival Is Back', and in the middle text reads 'with a new Artist Development Programme, a series of creative upskilling workshops, community arts workshops and scratch night performances!'. At the bottom there are logos for Arts Council England, Dr Edward and Bishop King's Charity, the Daisy Trust and Turtle Key Arts.

Individual wearing a green jumper smiles and raises their hand to another person in an orange t-shirt who is doing the same action. Above this is white text reading: 'What is Joy Festival?', and in the middle text reads: 'Joy Festival is an inclusive community and disability arts festival produced by Turtle Key Arts, which celebrates disabled artists, creativity and culture.' At the bottom there are logos for Arts Council England, Dr Edward and Bishop King's Charity, the Daisy Trust and Turtle Key Arts.

Individual in a purple t-shirt plays the flute, with other performers in the background. Above this is white text reading: 'How can I get involved in Joy Festival 2026?' On the right side of the image, colourful boxes with white text read: 'Get involved with our Upskilling Workshops throughout September and October, Attend our scratch night performances in October - dates to be announced soon, Follow us on Instagram @turtlekeyarts and @joyfestlondon for exciting updates!'. At the bottom there are logos for Arts Council England, Dr Edward and Bishop King's Charity, the Daisy Trust and Turtle Key Arts.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Congratulations to the Sisters 360 team on their 2026 UK tour🛹 Last Saturday wrapped up 4 months of touring which included 37 performances at 23 venues across the UK! Thank you to the whole team, everyone who came to watch and the amazing writer Asif Khan💫 📸 : Tasha Best

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Check out our wonderful musician team from our Turtle Song on the Isle of Skye🎶 Over the last couple of weeks we ran a shortened version of the project and had a brilliant sharing this weekend!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Check out these beautiful photos from our London Turtle Song Final Sharing 'The Chords of Love'❤️ Turtle Song is currently running in Liverpool and the Isle of Skye. Keep an eye out to see if a Turtle Song is heading to a city near you! 📸: Steph Waldstein

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This year our Key Clubs have been exploring the wonderful world of film & TV🎥 Some of things they've done in their monthly session include making documentaries, trying out slap-stick comedy and writing their own scripts! Special thanks goes to our workshop leaders and the Primo team🎞️

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Did you know that May is National Share A Story Month? At Turtle Key Arts we are so proud to help people tell their stories through the arts, whether that is through our outreach projects or the companies we produce! Swipe to see some of the stories we've helped to share➡️

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

April marks World Autism Acceptance Month! A time to reflect, learn and take action towards a more inclusive society where autistic people feel recognised, respected and supported. This month we are proud to support @nationalautisticsociety’s #ItsHowYouShowUp campaign.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Do you know anyone living with dementia in Liverpool? We are thrilled to be bringing our Turtle Song project back to the city very soon, with weekly sessions taking place on Thursday mornings from 23rd April. If you know someone who might be interested, please get in touch!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Happy World Theatre Day! A day to celebrate theatre, storytelling, and expression for all 🎭 Why not celebrate by booking tickets to a show near you? We might be biased but we'd recommend taking the family to see Sisters 360! Book your tickets here: www.turtlekeyarts.org.uk/sisters360

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This trend was too good for us to miss! Can you guess who is who from our Turtle baby pictures? #thisiswho

A black and white photo of a baby wearing a knitted dress. She is smiling widely over her shoulder towards the camera. The caption reads 'this is who is in charge'.

A black and white photo of a girl with long plaited hair tied with white bows. she is sat on a chair with other children in the background, and clutching a small box. The caption reads 'this is who started it all.'

A young girl with golden hair and a fringe is sat smiling, wearing a pink gingham dress with a pink cardigan. The caption reads 'this is who keeps us all organised'.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

For the past 8 weeks our Turtle Song London group have been exploring and writing songs all around the theme of love❤️ We're very excited to watch their final sharing next week- The Chords of Love: Stories, songs and dances of the heart!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This year, our Key Clubs have been exploring film and television🎥 Last month Key Club Finchley designed their own adverts which they will film at their next session!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

20 years ago Turtle Key Arts watched Ockhams Razor perform at The Place London as part of Resolution!, a showcase for emerging artists, and ever since then a collaboration and partnership was forged. It feels fitting 20 years later for Collaborator to open at The Place tonight and celebrate there!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

There's just one week until Sadiq Ali Company premiere their Tell Me at the Lowry, Salford! ⭐ Through Chinese Pole and Aerial Artistry, Tell Me seeks to challenge outdated perceptions and offers audiences a fresh perspective on HIV, one rooted in courage, beauty and possibility.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This World AIDS Day we would like to celebrate some of the incredible artists we work with - Sadiq Ali Company and CHIVA. Sadiq Ali Company is led by HIV activist Sadiq Ali. His new work, Tell Me, explores and challenges stigma around living with HIV in 2025. 📸: Jamie Dennis for Primo DVP

Three performers stand around a Chinese pole in the midday sun, watched by an audience. One of the performers, a Black man wearing a red tracksuit, is climbing the pole, while the other two - a man with brown skin wearing grey denim, and a white woman with dark curly hair wearing beige jeans and a white top, look up at him, smiling.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

APPLY NOW for Turtle Opera London 2026! Turtle Opera is a FREE music and drama project for Autistic 11 - 15 year olds. Join us for four days of fun, friendships and creation during the February half term at the V&A Museum, South Kensington📣

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Turtle Song, our free singing and song-writing project for people living with dementia, is returning to London in January! Turtle Song is a FREE singing and song-writing project for people living with memory problems and all forms of dementia, and for their companions (husband/wife/carer etc).

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

In October all three clubs met together to watch Amici's Our Time at the @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social which included a Q&A with some of the performers and the director Michael Vale!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Our Key Clubs started back this year and have already had two great sessions! In September they started exploring this year's theme of film and got to test out their camera skills🎥

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

💡🎭 Facilitator Needed: Sound & Lighting Technician We are looking for a sound & lighting technician to join us for a schools workshop on Friday 24th October (with potential for future work).

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Congratulations to the entire Sisters 360 team on their @asianmediaawards nomination for Best Stage Production🏆 We are excited to be taking Sisters 360 back out on tour next year🛹 More information will be announced soon!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🚨 PERFORMER CALL OUT Sadiq Ali Company is seeking a circus performer to join the creation and touring of our next indoor show. ⏱️ Deadline - 10am Monday 6th October

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

What a brilliant summer touring Sadiq Ali Company's Tell Me! We've been reminiscing with these gorgeous pics from Stockton International Riverside Festival ☀️ Thank you to everyone involved - the cast and crew, the festivals who hosted us, Without Walls and all the audiences who came to watch!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Over the years we have had so much fun at Edinburgh Fringe! From running our own venue to supporting @ockhamsrazoruk and the @sadiqalicompany🙌 We're so excited to be going again this year🎉

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🎉 FREE Family Fun Days are back 🎉 Don't miss this joyful weekend full of fun activities, great music and inclusive arts! 🗓️ Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August ⏰ 11am - 3pm 📍 Lyric Square, King Street W6 0QL 🎟️ FREE for all

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Meet Phil one of our Turtle Song Liverpool participants who loves biscuits so much that he wrote a song all about them in our latest Turtle Song!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Tell Me is at @sirf_stockton tomorrow and Saturday! 🚨 This is your last chance to see @sadiqalicompany's show Tell Me this Summer so if you're in Stockton make sure to come and watch the show!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

On our big day of JOY, earlier this month, our Joy of Music Ensemble had their final sharing to all of their friends and family🎤 Led by their Composer, Aga, and Director, Monique, the group shared all of the music they had created together across the previous 4 weeks!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

TELL ME IS IN LONDON THIS WEEKEND! 📆 Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 🕓 4pm & 7pm 📍 Royal Victoria Docks Don't miss your chance to see Sadiq Ali's new show at Ensemble Festival. Tell Me confronts stigma & challenges outdated perceptions of HIV, using chinese pole, physical theatre & dance.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Check out these wonderful photos from our Joy-4-Schools Final Sharing at the @lyrichammersmith! It was a brilliant day where we got to celebrate all the students who had taken part in creative arts workshops throughout the Summer Term☀️

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Last month, our Key Club Lyric and Key Club Kiln had their final sharing with their family and friends🎉 Key Club Lyric displayed their puppetry creations, including a puppet catwalk, and Key Club Kiln premiered their film 'The Wonders of London'🎨 🎥

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We have reached the final week of Turtle Song in Liverpool🎤 The group will be sharing their new song cycle this Thursday to all their family and friends! We are so proud of all the participants and the team who made it happen⭐

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

As #VolunteersWeek reaches its close we want to say a massive THANK YOU to all of the amazing volunteers who support us on our projects. From Turtle Song up in Bishop Auckland to Turtle Opera and Key Club here in London - we're so grateful for the wonderful work they do ✨ 🐢

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Charlotte and Ali are having a busy day Out & About in Bradford and Leeds today!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Join our FREE creative arts social club for young autistic adults now! Key Club has places available in both our Hammersmith clubs and our Finchley club📣

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We are half way through our Joy-4-Schools programme! Across the summer term 7 SEN schools in Hammersmith & Fulham have been receiving creative arts workshops🎭 Check out these pictures of some of our wonderful workshop leaders and assistants⭐

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

You don't want to miss Sisters 360 as heads to Bradford, at the end of May, for its final performances of the 2025 tour🛹 You can catch the show as part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture programme!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎵Join our FREE Joy of Music Ensemble now🎵 Over 6 sessions, we will create an original piece of music together, to be performed in a sharing at the Lyric Hammersmith! Sessions are open to all members of the West London community, regardless of ability, who share a passion for music🎼

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Sisters 360, our co-production with Polka Theatre and AIK, is opening at the Leeds Playhouse tomorrow after its brilliant London run! This 5 star play is in Leeds from the 7 - 10 May and you can get your tickets here- www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/sister...

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We had a very busy weekend at Turtle Key Arts! 🕺 @amici_dtc were in rehearsal for their show Our Time 🎭 @theasifkhan play Sisters 360 finished its run at @polkatheatre 🎪 @sadiqalicompany are into week 3 of creation for his new outdoor show Tell Me 🎤 Turtle Opera Oxford had its first session

Three performers hang on a metal square structure and a red flare goes off on the ground.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Brilliant reviews have been coming in for Sisters 360, our co-production with Polka Theatre and AIK, in association with Leeds Playhouse🛹 Have a look at our feature in the Guardian! ★★★★★ "A fun, heartfelt play about dreaming big and never giving up!" - Cinema Stars Entertainment

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Today is National Autism Awareness Day! This month the National Autistic Society are asking us how we show up for autistic people. Turtle Key Arts are proud to provide creative arts programmes for autistic and neurodiverse people through our Key Club, Turtle Opera and previously Musical Portraits.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

APPLY NOW for Turtle Opera Oxford 2025! The nine weeks of workshops will involve participants creating their own stories and music for an informal performance, with a professional composer and director. Applications must close soon so get your applications in now!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We are coming to the end of both our Turtle Songs running in Oxford and Bishops Auckland! Next week, both groups will perform their musical creations to their friends and family to celebrate the time we spent together🎤

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Check out these pictures from our Turtle Opera at the @vamuseum which we ran in the February half term! Applications are now open for Turtle Opera Oxford 2025! Turtle Opera is a FREE music and drama project for autistic young people aged 11 to 15.

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Ali has been Out & About at the National Centre for Circus Arts, lecturing the 2nd year BA students all about preparing for the performance industry!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Ali was Out & About in Portsmouth last night supporting @OckhamsRazor on their first performance of TESS for the 2025 tour! It was a brilliant performance with rave reviews already coming in📣 🔜 TESS is touring around the country to...

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Last week, we had a fantastic time running our Turtle Opera project at the V&A Museum! Turtle Opera is our music and drama project for autistic young people aged 11-15. Check out some videos of our participants rehearsing before their final sharing to all their family and friends!

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turtlekeyarts.bsky.social @turtlekeyarts.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

@openskyahead.bsky.social THE LAST SHOW is a documentary film chronicling the impact and legacy of the London International Mime Festival. For 47 years it curated and exhibited ground-breaking British and international visual, physical performance, changing the theatre industry beyond measure.

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