Last month we started the R&D on our new show for 3 - 6 year olds called ‘An Unseen World’. As always we start from a point of participatory activities with an age appropriate group of children and young people, on this occasion we were working with 2 reception classes from Globe Primary School in …
Look Mum, No Hands R&D!
As part of our A Different Way #ADiffWay programme, we have just completed the first stages of research and development (R&D) for Look Mum, No Hands! Look Mum, No Hands! is a show for 8-12 year olds that explores ‘risk’ and ‘independence’. It’s a story of two friends discovering how each other’s boundaries as they …
Agent for Change – making small steps to inclusion…
We have lots of work taking place at the moment as part of A Different Way - a ‘show and tell’ project connecting Theatre for Young Audiences with Disabled audiences and artists. Our work on the “Special” R&D continues with one of our partners, The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich. We’ve been working with one …
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Look Mum, No Hands! Performer Call Out
A Different Way is a project led by Daryl Beeton Productions, with core partners Half Moon Theatre, Spark Arts for Children, New Wolsey Theatre and Mimbre with supporting partners Graeae Theatre Company, Attenborough Arts Centre and TYA UK, to support the growth of inclusive theatre for young audiences. A Different Way will see the company …
Special – R&D
A Different Way is a ‘show and tell’ project connecting Theatre for Young Audiences with Disabled audiences and artists. It’s about putting the voices of young people at the heart of the creative process and supporting the growth of inclusive theatre for young people. Following the ideology of ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’, it aims …
#ADiffWayToThink
A Different Way Symposium A Different Way is a ‘show and tell’ project connecting Theatre for Young Audiences with Disabled audiences and artists. It's about putting the voices of young people at the heart of the creative process and supporting the growth of inclusive theatre for young people. With that in mind we've got a …
The Cat’s Gaze – Inclusion on Stage
So I'm super excited to be working with my friends back at Teatro Prova in Bergamo, Italy. Its been over 2 years since we started our relationship, which has involved several visits exploring and sharing ways of working inclusively, presenting my show A Square World and co-directing our new show Boboboo. Well now I'm heading back …
A Different Way – Our New Project!
I’m really excited to announce our new project A Different Way, a ‘show and tell’ project connecting Theatre for Young Audiences with Disabled audiences and artists, funded by Arts Council England. The project will see the development of 3 new Disabled-led shows alongside and sector development that puts the voices of young Disabled people at …
What is Inclusive Theatre?
Over the summer the International Inclusive Arts Network (IIAN) put out a call asking the question "What is Inclusive Theatre?". They wanted to present voices from around the world who strive to make work open and inclusive to all. The aim was to get a flavour of a global voice around the theme of inclusion, …
Adventures in Singapore
Well I cant believe that its been a month since we took A Square World to Singapore… and what an adventure it was! After the 13 hour flight we arrived in good spirits, there was no arguing on the flight, Jon behaved himself. Well to be fair we mainly just sleep, which is a shame …