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Do you use ventilation (bipap/trach/NIV)? Do you want to share your story? We're looking for adults in the UK to take part in two online research interviews about their experiences. For more info and to request an information sheet: sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-bre...

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Cripping Breath - Narrative Stream (Everyday Stories of Breathing and Ventilation) Animation 1
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Do you use #ventilation (bipap/trach/NIV)? Are you interested in theatre? Are you within reach of London? Would you like to work on, or star in, a new adaption of Romeo & Juliet while adding to research on what it means to be ventilated? Find out more at www.cripticarts.org/R&J
A poster for the project, either black on a white background, or white on a black background. The text says: “www.cripticarts.org/R&J
Casting: Romeo & Juliet - Title roles & design creative - London - 2025-2027
Seeking ventilation users who want to be paid to train, perform, or work on an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet while adding to research into what it means to be living ventilated. No theatre experience required.
Deadline 26th August 2025
Open to anyone who uses bipap/NIV/tracheostomy”
At the bottom are logos for CRIPtic Arts, the Wellcome Trust, University of Sheffield and Arts Council England
The poster contains a photo of Jamie rehearsing or performing. They are wearing a hospital gown and ventilator mask.
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A new blog post from our Community Researcher, Amanda, on living with rare disease:

"Having your disease announced as a question, or as a joke, as you lie in a hospital bed, unable to move, is upsetting. It is a trigger to the times you struggled to be believed."

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Blog post #13 Living with Rare Disease with Respiratory Involvement
By Amanda Jones, Community Researcher
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Absolutely loved chatting about all things breath with my Cripping Breath colleagues ❤️ Read about how we are reimagining what ‘reading’ together looks like
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Take a look at how our new project reading group went! Our Community Researchers, Artists-in-Residence, academic researchers and clinicians coming together to explore breathing in literature 🙌🏽

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Blog post #11 Our first Cripping Breath reading group!
By the Cripping Breath team
www.sheffield.ac.uk
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Take a look at how our new project reading group went! Our Community Researchers, Artists-in-Residence, academic researchers and clinicians coming together to explore breathing in literature 🙌🏽

www.sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-bre...
Blog post #11 Our first Cripping Breath reading group!
By the Cripping Breath team
www.sheffield.ac.uk
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Don't forget - we are recruiting Artist Collaborators! Learn more about this fabulous opportunity here!

These artists will participate in a collaborative residency alongside Artist-in-Residence Dr Louise Atkinson.

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Artist Collaborator Recruitment
Cripping Breath is recruiting three disabled, chronically ill, and ventilated contemporary artists.
www.sheffield.ac.uk
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...these are conversations we cannot & do not want to avoid [...] we need to find a way to sensitively consider proximity to death and the fragility of life as a reality in our work' - Julie Ellis

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Blog post #10 ‘Sitting’ with sadness: death and loss in research
By Julie Ellis
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Our research associate Grace Joseph was in Germany last week at the International Federation for Theatre Research annual conference talking about Cripping Breath 🥳

Blog post coming soon!

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We launched our Artist Collaborator search last week!

Take a look here to learn more if you are an artist who lives on or with ventilation & would like to participate in a paid residency 🙌🏽

Take a look via the link below!
crippingbreath.bsky.social
We launched our Artist Collaborator search last week!

Take a look here to learn more if you are an artist who lives on or with ventilation & would like to participate in a paid residency 🙌🏽

www.sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-bre...

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A ventilated person sat at a desk against a pink background; Image by Josh Slack, Inertia Creative; modified by Louise Atkinson
crippingbreath.bsky.social
We launched our Artist Collaborator search last week!

Take a look here to learn more if you are an artist who lives on or with ventilation & would like to participate in a paid residency 🙌🏽

www.sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-bre...

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A ventilated person sat at a desk against a pink background; Image by Josh Slack, Inertia Creative; modified by Louise Atkinson
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'Every single human being has the basic human right and need to breathe, and it costs nothing, after all the air we breathe is free. Or is it?'

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The cost of breathing - Cost Of Living
The cost of breathing
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** Opportunity**

We want to recruit 3 disabled, chronically ill, & ventilated contemporary artists who require ventilatory support, such as non-invasive ventilation like CPAP or BIPAP, or other forms like a tracheostomy

www.sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-bre...

Please share widely! 🙌🏽
Artist Collaborator Recruitment
Cripping Breath is recruiting three disabled, chronically ill, and ventilated contemporary artists.
www.sheffield.ac.uk
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Our brilliant Community Researcher Libby has had her team blogpost republished on external blog, The Cost of Living 🙌🏽 Congratulations, Libby!

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The cost of breathing - Cost Of Living
The cost of breathing
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