![In the centre of the images are 2 performers. Laura, a curvy brown skinned Filipino female wheelchair user with an above right knee amputation is wearing a plum coloured dress. She sat in a manual wheelchair. Danielle, a white woman with ginger hair in ponytails, is wearing an ochre jumpsuit. She is upside down in a one arm handstand position with legs split creating a Y shape with her body. She is supported by Laura who holds one of Danielle's ankles. They look out towards the sunlight smiling. They are on a grey sunlit asphalt path. Behind them are trees and shrubbery and a bright blue sky.](https://d30nhn7mteq5d3.cloudfront.net/_imager/files/Summer-2023/Look-Mum-No-Hands/58992/LMNH_3_LowRes-Performers_Laura_Dajao_and_Danielle_Summers-credit_Rachel_Hardwick_2022_62f59cfe066aab223c4745b4ff48fa75.jpg)
About Access & Inclusion… It's just good customer service!
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.
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