In-Person Disability Canon

Join us for an in-person discussion on reshaping the North East theatre landscape around the Disability Canon. This event explores how disabled-led stories can shift culture, policy, systems and power.

BSL interpretation will be available, thanks to Becoming Visible. Please book an online ticket if you require interpretation support.

Ed Cole (Artistic & Executive Director, Alphabetti Theatre) and Bex Bowsher (Theatre Director and Development Manager for Difference North East) will be available after the event to discuss issues raised in a 1-to-1 setting if preferred.

Disabled Canon ZOOM EVENT – How the North East can lead meaningful change in the creative sector’s relationship to disabled-led work.

For centuries disabled people have existed on stages, and in literature as villains, objects of ridicule or pity, and never in our own right. Disabled lives have been narrated by others – framed through fear, charity, or tragedy – rather than told through our own voices.