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Date and time: Wed 02 Nov, 09.30am - 3pm
Location: Stratford Youth Zone (formerly Stratford Circus), which is located next to Stratford East.
Stratford East is a proud member of the Ramps on the Moon consortium, and as the project comes to its close, we're excited to be hosting a symposium on our learnings over the past six years.
SCHEDULE
09:30am - 10am - ARRIVAL
Teas and coffees provided
10am - 11am - WELCOME MESSAGE
Speech and welcome from Stratford East Artistic Director, Nadia Fall, and Director for Change, Michele Taylor
11am - 12pm - MORNING SESSIONS
How can we build an equitable creative process? with Kate Lovell and Aisling Gallagher
Join disabled and neurodivergent writer-director Kate Lovell and Stratford East's Agent for Change to interrogate the process of creating live performance work and its accessibility for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists and audiences. This session will include practical tips on how to improve the accessibility of your creative process from callout to get-out and give an opportunity for you to share your ideas for new ways of working.
Marketing & Box Office: best practice for accessibility with Polly Cotran and Angela Frost
In this session, we’ll be discussing our key learnings and top tips around: best practice for creating accessible marketing materials, promoting accessible performances and building Deaf and disabled audiences, Working with customer facing teams to welcome Deaf and disabled audiences to your building.
12pm - 1pm - LUNCH
A selection of food and drinks will be provided.
1pm - 2pm - AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Casting and Seeking Out New Talent with Nadia Fall and Jacob Sparrow
Casting director Jacob Sparrow (SLAMbition, Much Ado About Nothing, Village Idiot) and Artistic Director Nadia Fall (SLAMbition, Village Idiot) will talk about their experiences and discuss learning so far.
Embedding Internal Change with Eleanor Lang
How can you change an organisation so all staff are conscious of what disables people - and support them to make changes?
2pm - 3pm - Q&A, ROUND-UP SESSION
This will be an opportunity to reconvene and answer any questions you may have
There will also be contributions from performers Caroline Parker and Fatima Niemogha. BSL interpreters will be available on the day.
Please note, this event is for theatre industry professionals, working either in organisations or freelance.
This is an in-person event, however, if you are unable to attend in person, recordings of the session will be available.
RAMPS ON THE MOON
Led by New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, Ramps on the Moon brings together a collaborative network of six National Portfolio Organisation theatres: Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Nottingham Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, and Sheffield Theatres.
We are enriching the stories we tell and the way we tell them by normalising the presence of D/deaf and disabled people both on and off stage. We are working together to change the world by normalizing the presence of deaf, disabled and learning-disabled people both on and off stage; ensuring a better future for the theatre industry. Watch a video introduction here.
Previous productions include: The Government Inspector, The Who's Tommy, Our Country's Good and Oliver Twist. The current Ramps on the Moon production is Sheffield Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing, adapted and directed by Robert Hastie. The next, and final, Ramps on the Moon show will be Stratford East's VILLAGE IDIOT, written by Samson Hawkins and directed by Nadia Fall.
Please note sign-ups for the event have now passed.
Please note, this event is for theatre industry professionals, working either in organisations or freelance.
If you're interested in attending, get in contact with Sean at sbrooks@stratfordeast.com
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