New blog by our Artistic Director and OFFIE winning director, Jamie Hale. “I became a theatre director by accident...”

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 [email protected] with “Fringe” in the subject line

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/

New date for our free online workshop with Elana Binysh 🥳 Join us on Tuesday 2nd June 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cripping-a...

Congratulations to @cripticarts.bsky.social! Their work for the @london.gov.uk's Liberty Festival — part of Wandsworth's London Borough of Culture — at Battersea Arts Centre has been recognised in the @fringetheatreaward.bsky.social Miscellaneous category 👏 #LibertyFestival #LBOC #LondonCreates

@cripticarts.bsky.social is recruiting for 4 Creative Roles for their upcoming show, The Acts 2026: 💡 Lighting Designer 👗Set, Props & Costume Designer 🩰 Movement Director 📋 Assistant Director Closing: 05 Jun Location: London/Bristol Salary: Varies disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

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

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/

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

We’re thrilled to introduce the amazing creatives who have joined our 2026 Artist Development Programmes! We’re delivering 4 artist development programmes, designed to support disabled creatives at different stages in their career Read more 👇 cripticarts.org/criptic-arts...

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...

Opportunity for Disabled filmmakers 👇 Entry costs £5 per film, with all fees going towards the Kat Awards. A fee waiver code is available for Disabled filmmakers and other filmmakers who face financial barriers www.together2012.org.uk/together-202...

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/

Funding news! 🎉 CRIPtic Arts are delighted to announce that we’re now supported by Youth Music's Shift the Scene Fund, which champions inclusive, ambitious creativity across all art forms. Read more - cripticarts.org/criptic-arts...

Join @cripticarts.bsky.social and Miranda Debenham for a workshop that will cover the process of producing in more depth, covering funding, timelines and approaching venues. When: 21 Apr Where: Online Cost: Free disabilityarts.online/events/works...

Does winning an OFFIE erase the disadvantages disabled directors face? Our Artistic Director, Jamie Hale (@jamierhale), reflects on their recent win. 🔗 Read the full blog on our website: tinyurl.com/5ev9rcbm #CRIPticArts #Offies2026 #DisabilityArts

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/

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!

@cripticarts.bsky.social will once again deliver four artist development programmes, Reach, Launchpad, Breakthrough and Incubate. Each project is designed to support disabled creatives at different stages in their career. Applications close - 13 Mar disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

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/

🌱 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/

🚀 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/

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

🔨 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/

🚨 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

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...

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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

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

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...

I have a piece on as part of @cripticarts.bsky.social The Acts at Bristol Old Vic! It’s on next Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th, it would be brilliant to have a great audience there to watch new work by disabled creatives ♥️ bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/cri...

In a cultural moment that asks disabled artists to fit into neat boxes, @cripticarts.bsky.social The Acts asks what happens when we refuse. When - 23-24 Jan Where - Bristol Cost - From £11 disabilityarts.online/events/cript...

📣 On sale now! 📣 The Acts is a gathering of four daring new works from some of the UK’s most exciting disabled theatre makers. 📍 Bristol Old Vic, Weston Studio 🗓️ 23rd and 24th January 2026, 8pm

Join @cripticarts.bsky.social and Debbie Hannan for a workshop on how to form your idea into a pitch, communicate with potential partners, and strategies for building industry connections and championing your work. When - 18 Nov Where - Online Cost - Free disabilityarts.online/events/works...

Join @cripticarts.bsky.social and Alice Christina-Corrigan for CRIPtic Chats, an open space for deaf and disabled creatives to drop in, chat, and meet friendly new faces. When - 26 November Where - Online Cost - Free disabilityarts.online/events/netwo...

Join @cripticarts.bsky.social and Florence Limb for a workshop that will help you to define your own path and claim your identity as a writer. When - 11 November Where - Online Cost - Free disabilityarts.online/events/works...

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/

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...

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

Join Ellie Spirrett as they lead workshop and host open mic exploring how we tackle world news, hold onto own voices & protect ourselves from burnout. ✍️ Part of the @cripticarts.bsky.social x Spread the Word Writers Salon. 📅 Mon 6 October, 6.30pm 📍Online 🎟️FREE - book via link tinyurl.com/ywn9pkxa

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!

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...

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 🎨

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Join artist Kristina Veasey for a sensory exploration of the forest... 🍃 Two free new workshops added! Led by the artist behind Capturing the Forest. Capturing the Forest Workshops ✨ 🗓️ Thursday 25 Sep at 6pm 🗓️ Sunday 28 Sep at 12pm 📍 Battersea Arts Centre 🎟️ Free! bac.org.uk/whats-on/cap...