Too Crip Too Queer?

Crip-centred creativity in conversation with queerness. A night of poetry and drama by disabled writers and performers, that centres the crip experience, not seeking to justify or explain.  Come into a disabled-centred space and experience work by disabled people made without an intention of affecting the non-disabled world. Who are we when we aren’t being defined by the non-disabled gaze, and what creative potentials do we hold when we are not being limited by normative barriers of any kind?

This show features the first reading of work from Jamie Hale’s new Crip Monologues, as well as poetry and monologues written by disabled UCL students taking part in a creative series of workshops investigating what it means to centre the disabled voice in narrative-making.

About CRIPtic Arts

CRIPtic Arts is a creative development organisation focused on making the arts industry more accessible, and supporting, developing, and championing deaf and disabled people across the industry. It was founded in 2019 by Jamie Hale, and works on: 

• Artistic excellence: Building opportunities for deaf and disabled creatives at every point in their career including through workshops, 1:1 advice, and funding application support.
• Curating showcases and development opportunities, championing work by deaf and disabled people, with a particular focus on those whose access needs aren’t met elsewhere.
• Delivering access training, advice and consultancy to companies and institutions by embedding disability justice at the heart of their approach. This is informed by research, resources, revolution - the research and policy development arm of CRIPtic Arts’ work.