It's been a hectic few months what with Treasured at the Cathedral, the Serbian and Macedonian visit, the business start up work at Liverpool Vision and the myriad of other activities we are musing about, thinking of and trying to lay the foundations for. Paddy's commemoration means that I can get away for a few … Continue reading Paddy Masefield: still sending out shock waves and unsettling foundations
Disability
What are the narratives of the Paralympics?
Well, if we were any doubt about some of the underpinning narratives of the Paralympics over the last 2 weeks, the closing ceremony has given us a strong clue about one of them: the military story. The story which emphasises impairment as a result of military action: the story which emphasises heroism; the story which … Continue reading What are the narratives of the Paralympics?
Practical Text Deconstruction: giving some Shakespeare the once over in Germany
I worked with seven Theater Pedagogik students from the Osnabruck Technische Fachhoch Schule. My workshop intended to explore how the eight elements of Bojeian story deconstruction might be applied to a piece of Shakespearian text in order to see how and whether that text may be re-presented as a text of inclusion, as opposed to … Continue reading Practical Text Deconstruction: giving some Shakespeare the once over in Germany
Consequences of the medical model of disability on performers and audiences
The Medical Model of Disability identifies disability as being a individualised medical problem based on impairment, deficit and dysfunction. This model depoliticises disability and extracts it from wider socio-economic, political and cultural contexts. In this extraction from context the medical model means that performance environments, artistic content, performer identities are all at odds with the … Continue reading Consequences of the medical model of disability on performers and audiences
Who in this performance could be replaced by puppets?
Integration of disabled people into the performing arts continues to be a hot topic these days. It’s like a badge of courage we might have won at school, something our mothers proudly stitched onto our jackets, wearing it over our hearts to show an organisational’s professional and political credentials. Many arts projects view the prospect … Continue reading Who in this performance could be replaced by puppets?
