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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · May 27

📢 We've compiled a page of information on issues affecting Access to Work customers and new applicants, and details on how we can help.

There are also actions you can take to fight the proposed changes to Access to Work.

Read now and help #ProtectAtW

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A blue background with a yellow box that contains blue text that reads: How can you fight against the changes to access to work. Below is a teal box containing white text that reads: 1. Find out more about the changes on our website. 2. Sign and share the open letter from the culture sector. 3 Include the hashtag #ProtectAtW when posting on social media. 4. Write to your MP using our template letter. 5. Respond to the current DWP consultation.
Below is #ProtectAtW written in yellow and the DAO and Cathy Waller Co logos.

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 55m

Are you a Deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent playwright with leadership ambitions?
You could be the Literary Associate Vital Xposure are looking for...

Closing - 06 Nov
Location - London
££ - £29K-£32K FTE

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 1h

The Old Vic are looking for a Building Facilities Assistant to provide practical support in maintaining and upkeep of their historic Grade II listed building.

Closing - 20 Oct
Location - London
££ - £28.8K FTE

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 2h

Pallant House Gallery seeks a highly organised, personable and efficient Development and Events Assistant with a positive and proactive attitude to join their busy team.

Closing - 31 Oct
Location - Chichester
££ - £24.5K FTE

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 20h

Visit Wellcome Collection and play 1884, an anticolonial immersive theatre show inspired by the history of the 1884 Berlin Conference.

When - 22-25 Oct
Where - London
Cost - Free

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 23h

On World Dyslexia Day, we celebrate 30 years of Benedict Phillips' groundbreaking "the agender of the agresiv dislecksick".
Colin Hambrook reflects on the piece, having first published it in Disability Arts in London (DAIL) Magazine.

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A film still, showing an older white man reading from a book. Behind him is a chalkboard and to his left is a black conical hat that has the word 'div' on it.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 1d

Join a special live celebration of Dom Tak, a pioneering Arabic podcast series from Sowt that uncovers the rich musical traditions of Egypt, Palestine, and Lebanon.

When - 18 Oct
Where - London
Cost - £6

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Poster for “Music Beyond Barriers: Dom Tak Live in London.” It features musician Ziad Sinno wearing sunglasses and headphones, with his clothing illustrated as vibrant, multi-coloured abstract shapes. Event details read: Riverside Studios, 18 October.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 1d

Akram Khan Company brings back its much-loved production of Chotto Desh, telling the wondrous tale of a young man’s journey from Bangladesh to Britain.

When - 30 Oct - 01 Nov
Where - London
Cost - £15-£23

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Events - Akram Khan Company, Chotto Desh

A wondrous tale of a young man’s journey from Bangladesh to Britain. Akram Khan Company brings back its much-loved production of Chotto Desh, ready to capture the imagination of a new generation of yo...

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 2d

Writer and comedian Adam Buxton introduces I Love You, Byeee, his memoir about growing up, growing old and figuring it all out.

When - 26 Oct
Where - London
Cost - From £20

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Adam Buxton, comedian sits at a pub in a navy jumper.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 2d

Head over to our Instagram where I Would be Here if I Could have just started their weeklong takeover of our account.

www.instagram.com/p/DPdkRj4CJuf/

A green landscape with trees and a blue cloudy sky. A mirrorred box overlays the image reflecting the same landscape. White text overlaid reads: I would be here if I could.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 3d

From prison predictions to award-winning art: Revell Dixon talks to Michelle Baharier about her Journey into Arts.

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Photograph of Michelle Baharier a Jewish woman sitting in colourful dress on her sofa with paintings stacked up along the back of it.

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 3d

Join us this Halloween for Joanna Holland’s Reverie, a dreamlike soundscape which blurs the lines between the real and the fantastical.

When - 31 Oct
Where - Online
Cost - Free

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 5d

In her keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her skills as an essayist to bear on subjects including Stormzy, governments and ‘the commons’.

When - 02 Nov
Where - London
Cost - From £20

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 5d

Charlie Mackesy introduces his new book, Always Remember, revisiting the world of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - the bestselling adult non-fiction book of all time.

When - 30 Oct
Where - London
Cost - From £20

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 6d

A decade on, celebrate the exquisite story A Little Life and the friendships at its heart with an address from Hanya Yanagihara, and readings from the novel by acclaimed actors.

When - 08 Oct
Where - London
Cost - From £20

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Hanya Yanagihara in a black top against a white background

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 6d

Shaun the Sheep’s Circus Show combines the extreme physicality and awe-inspiring feats of Circa and the playful charm of the multi-award-winning, globally successful Shaun the Sheep.

When - 11 Dec - 04 Jan
Where - Manchester
Cost - £10-£45

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Shaun the Sheep and two sheep friends, plus humans in sheep costume, perform acrobatic stunts. Shaun The Sheep's Circus Show is written.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 6d

Complicité is seeking new Trustees to guide and support them in creating exceptional cultural experiences that transform people, inspiring creativity, delight, imagination and political action.

Closing - 17 Oct
Location - UK/Hybrid
££ - Voluntary

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 7d

🖼️Newlyn Art Gallery are looking for an early-career curator with lived experience of disability to join their team. This role is part of the DASH Future Curators Programme.

Closing - 13 Oct
Location - Penzance
££ - £26.1K-£28.5K FTE

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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange in black capital text.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 7d

Haneul Lee shares a passionate love letter for disabled writers.

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An AI generated image of a writing pad which reads A love letter to disabled writers. It has a blister pack of pills and a pen resting on it

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 8d

Have you got your ticket for our next Our Right to Thrive webinar yet?
Join Paul Wilshaw for this session aimed at disabled writers who are interested in learning more the needs and provision of the learning disabled community.

03 October
Online
Free

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Our Right to Thrive: Webinar. Understanding the needs and provision of the learning disabled community. With Paul Wilshaw.
03 October, Online, Free

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 9d

The 2025 Kitchen Carnival is available to watch online. Founded by Together! 2012 CIC with international Carnival artist Clary Salandy, it's celebrating the Trinidadian Ole Mas character of the Burrokeet.

When - 22 Sep - 31 Dec 2025
Where - Online
Cost - Free
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 9d

Half Light tells the story of a mother and her son, of a storm and a sunrise, love, protection, and the difficult art of letting go.

When - 28 October
Where - London
Cost - £20/£16/£0

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Four performers wearing soft pastel tones walk purposefully towards the camera in unison, each with one arm extended in front of them, portable bluetooth speakers in the palm of their hands.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 9d

Join us this Halloween to experience Joanna Holland’s dreamlike soundscape, Reverie. This online event will feature the soundscape, followed by a Q&A with Joanna and collaborator Hannah Wallis.

Date: 31 October
Time: 4pm
Cost: Free

🔗 Book your ticket at disabilityarts.online/events/rever...

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 10d

Black Sabbath - The Ballet is a spectacular theatrical experience, featuring thrilling dance and original Black Sabbath recordings alongside full orchestrations of their work.

When - 22-25 October
Where - London
Cost - From £15

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One performer strikes a pose against a deep red background. They are wearing ballet pointe shoes and a black lace dress with a relaxed tutu. They hold an electric guitar that is the same red colour as the background. They are bending to the right, legs bent, both feet en pointe. Their black hair is flying in the motion of playing the guitar.

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 12d

Join Isabelle Gapomo for a gallery-based talk examining intersectional code-switching between sign languages in Black Deaf communities.

When - 02 October
Where - Wellcome Collection
Cost - Free

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A Visitor Experience Facilitator presenting a gallery tour with a BSL interpreter translating the tour.

Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 13d

Join Julie Farrell for an Our Right to Thrive webinar. Julie will talk about the lived experience of disabling barriers from a creative, neurodivergent perspective.

When - 29 Sept
Where - Online
Cost - Free

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Graphic with text: Our Right to Thrive Webinar, The value of different forms of communication, particularly for neurodivergent communities. 29 Sept, Online, Free.

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