Disability Arts Online

Deaf arts

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  Signdance at the PAH Festival
  Signdance Collective send greetings from the PAH Festival, Philadelphia November 2007
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  Pauline Alexander: the Many Faces of Discrimination

  Pauline Alexander tells the story of turning direct experience of employment discrimination into Art

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  Signs of a Diva - an interview with Caroline Parker
  An interview with Caroline Parker
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  Ruth Gould: Creative Force in Disability Arts
  A profile of Ruth Gould by Joe Bidder
• Damien Robinson: Songbird
  Deaf artist Damien Robinson talks to Ele Carpenter about an intriguing audio installation, which explores the relationship between sound and vibration.
  
• Colin Redwood: Sound Sculpture
  Can sound sculpture boost Deaf Awareness? According to Colin Redwood, it can.
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  Interview: Samuel Dore talks about film-making and deafness

  Samuel Dore AKA Bursteardrum has been working as a film-maker, cameraman and editor since 2000. Colin Hambrook asked him a few questions in preparation for his talk and workshop as part of Shape's 'Animate' programme

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  Profile: BBC Radio 4 presents David Bower in 'A Small Piece of Silence'

  Deaf actor David Bower stars in an innovative radio play accompanied by an online sign-theatre film of the drama. Catch it on BBC Radio 4 on 9 April 2010 at 2.15pm

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  Profile: Deafinitely Creative

  Deafinitely Creative, the nation's only playwriting programme exclusively for deaf writers, has chosen its four finalists for 2010-11.

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  'My Song': diary of a scriptwriter

  Charlie Swinbourne gives an account of writing My Song - a seminal film directed by William Mager that premiered at Deaffest in May.

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  Five Needles a short film by Deaf Director Julian Peedle-Calloo

  Five Needles is a short film by Deaf Director Julian Peedle-Calloo, which follows the story of four Deaf women in the concentration camps during WW2 who are hiding their Deafness to stay alive.

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  Liberty Festival 2007

  Colin Hambrook reviews this year's big disability celebration in Trafalgar Square

• The Fingersmiths: In Praise of Fallen Women

  The Fingersmiths latest production incorporates spoken and projected text with theatricalised British Sign Language. Penny Pepper caught their performance at the Drill Hall, London.

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  Review: High Wyrrd 2008

  An international showcase of disability, deaf and inclusive arts companies from around the globe took to the streets of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire between 19 - 21 September 2008.

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  Signdance Collective: Three Films + One

  Signdance lead the way in experimental performance with their most challenging piece of work to date

  The Signdance Collective premiered the launch of their new production Three Films + One at Holton Lee on 28 June 2008.

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  Review: Deafinitely Theatre Company perform Double Sentence

  Double Sentence presents some new departures in style for Deafinitely Theatre Company. Alan McLean saw the production at the Arena Theatre Wolverhampton on 1 October 2009.

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  Review: DaDaFest International 2010

  DaDaFest – the UK’s leading and biggest deaf and disability arts festival celebrates its tenth year in 2010. In celebration, disabled and non disabled artists from all over the world will perform and exhibit at DaDaFest International 2010, a two week extravaganza of artistic wonder which showcases and celebrates the best in disability and deaf arts.

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  Review: The House of Vernacular

  Wendy McGowan discovers some new meanings behind our interpretation of everyday photographs in 'The House of Vernacular' - on show at Fabrica Gallery, Brighton until 28 November 2010.

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  Review: The Silence? A faint discord, more like

  Melissa Mostyn-Thomas finds much to be desired in the BBC drama’s exploration of Deaf issues

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  Preview: The End by film-maker Ted Evans

  Melissa Mostyn-Thomas previews a chilling new film by Deaf film-maker Ted Evans. Premiered at Deaffest, The End can be viewed on Film4, the Community Channel; on the BSLBT website.

• Making History with a Salon
  Melissa Mostyn states the case for a Deaf Arts Salon.
• DAO and Disability Arts
  Colin Hambrook gives an overview of Disability Arts as understood by DAO.
• Celebrating disability arts
  Allan Sutherland reviews 20 years of disability arts.
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  Allan Sutherland: What is Disability Arts?

  What are the issues which have underpinned the development of Disability Arts? Allan Sutherland offers a concise explanation.

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  Poetry: Deaf Bitch

  Dao presents a selection of poems that tackle barriers in society from a deaf women's experience