This isn’t just an interval
Theatres across the UK have been closed due to the C-19 lockdown. Performances require the assembly of groups of people…
THE MOST VULNERABLE: People with learning disabilities in residential care during the Coronavirus pandemic.
“Corona virus may force doctors into deciding who lives or dies.”New York Times “We are making difficult choices.”Italian Doctor. “Many loved ones…
A Happy New Year and a hopeful new decade
Separate Doors aims to encourage the representation of the lives of people with learning disabilities in theatre for general audiences.Last…
First Impressions
A few early feedback quotes from the Separate Doors 3 forum at RADAImogen Roberts, Nathan Bessell, Rebekah Hill and meIt…
Talking about it
Next week the Separate Doors 3 project reaches phase 2, the forum at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.70…
My thinking
Last week as part of the Separate Doors 3 project I shared my silent approach methodology with directors, theatre makers…
6 Playwrights
(Clockwise from top left) Amanda Whittington, Nick Lane, Lisa Evans, Deborah McAndrew, Robert Shearman and Judith Johnson1 director and an integrated…
Traditional Theatre? It's behind you
Theatre makers do it differently.Theatre maker (noun): A creator of live performance, sometimes across art forms and, often, challenging established…
Directors, leadership and integrated theatre
What does a theatre director do exactly?Theatre director (noun); A creative collaborator, guide and conduit between a writer*, production team and performers…
Did you know...
Most working actors in the UK train on practical, vocational courses at Drama Schools, learning the core technical skills needed…
Separate Doors 3 - the work
Its all about the work.Theatre venues in the UK have made progress in widening the representation of diverse people on…
Master class at the Young Vic
Participation is a bugle call, excellence is dynamiteGifted actors with learning learning disabilities have a right to access acting and…
Undiversity
ITV flirt and pec fest LOVE ISLAND has been accused of undiversity, its stars drawn from too small a pool of ‘talent’, unrepresentative of…
Have a word theatre
Pressed at an event, a well known theatre director isolated ‘class’ as a possible driver behind his premature departure from…
2016, writing, theatre, diversity and work featuring actors with learning disabilities
Jordan, a young man with Downs Syndrome, participating in the York Theatre Royal research and development event for A MAN WITH DOWNS…
Beginnings (from the very early days) 10 questions and answers...put to the producer/playwright/director
Vanessa Brooks at Salford Quays.Tomorrow marks the final event day for A MAN WITH DOWNS SYNDROME TALKS ABOUT LOVE AND…
