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Disabled
artist residency at ARC
A disabled performance poet and theatre maker has been chosen
to benefit from ARC’s disabled artist residency.
The disabled residency opportunity has been made possible by
Cultural Shift, a funded programme of arts activity based at ARC for disabled
people.
The residency offers a unique and valuable opportunity for
disabled theatre makers to have a dedicated and stimulating space to work,
write and rehearse a brand new piece of theatre.
Rowan James will be
spending time at the Stockton venue from Monday 15th
August to develop some ideas for a brand new play, which will incorporate a mix
of poetry and physical performance. It will also explore how poetry, sign
language and dance can all come together to form something incredible.
As the lead artist on the project, Rowan will be working with
a team performers who specialise in creating theatre for disabled people, and
their own experiences will help shape the performance.
Rowan said: “The piece of
work I would like to produce is an innovative piece of physical theatre aimed
at unifying the language around Disability. I’ll be collaborating as a spoken
word artist with a deaf MC, a wheelchair dancer and an as-yet-unknown fourth
physical performer. The piece will deliver a unifying message about the
language of Disability and the effects of being labelled disabled or deaf,
incorporating each performer's own history and experience.
“Audiences should expect
an inclusive and absorbing production full of energy and passion, cleverly
delivering an important message about the nature of society and humanity's
perception of ‘the other’.”
Last year, Rowan’s show, Easy
for You to Say, formed part of the Integrated Fringe (IF) Platform at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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