Wednesday 24 May, 2.30pm - 4.30pm

Free Online training

This session will take examples from Daryl & Co’s and Mimbre tour of Look Mum, No Hands! Using real life experiences we will discuss and demonstrate how we approached making our tour accessible and inclusive for both artist and audiences and highlight how these are transferable to wider access across your own programmes of work.

The session will focus on:

Access for Artists

• What you should ask artist before they arrive, regardless if they're Disabled or not
• Simple adaptations to pre-performance planning that will save time in the long run
• Honesty is the best policy - what you can do now but what you should do in the future

Access for Audiences

• What should you be asking artist to provide and what you should provide
• Making new audiences feel welcome and what to expect
• How to make onsite staff confident to support Disabled audience members

This training is for professionals working at venues within the house southeast theatre network. Venues may wish to send associate or attached artists as well but please indicate the venue in the comments section when registering.

If you have any additional needs, such as BSL interpretation, please get in touch with Meghan at meghan@housetheatre.org.uk as soon as possible.

About Daryl Beeton

Daryl Beeton is a Director and Performer who has worked extensively within the Theatre, Disability and young people’s arts sector for the last 25 years. He is a recognised cultural leader in youth arts participation as well as a high-profile advocate for disabled artists. The core of all of his work has been a belief that arts can enrich our lives and those of the communities we inhabit. Daryl is an active advocate for improving the rights of disabled and vulnerable people by promoting access and inclusion within the arts.