CRIPtic Arts

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Four headshots with text under reading "Meet our Embark Project Board" followed by CRIPtic and Shift the Scene Logos. The headshots are as described: Headshot of Lozza, a 24 year old, white non-binary person with a bright pink mullet wearing a funky shirt that is green, blue and black. They're smiling like they're mid-laughter. Simi. A dark-skinned Black person stares seriously at the camera. They’re wearing a colourful patterned headwrap, hoop earrings, and a white t-shirt as they sit in a wheelchair in their dining room. Anna, a white woman in her twenties with long dark hair, smiles at the camera. Miggy, a white non binary person with orange and blue hair smiles at the camera. They have purple eyeshadow and are wearing patterned red and yellow and brown dungarees, with a grey long sleeve shirt. They have a frog earring that's balanced on a tiny pumpkin
An image of Kat against a pink studio backdrop. Kat is a white woman with short brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a black blazer and funky purple and green trousers. Above her head she holds a black bowler hat which is decorated with two very large googley eyes.
An image of Jordan against a pink studio backdrop. Jordan has dark skin and a black beard, wearing a grey shirt and bold gold jewellery whilst singing passionately into a microphone with eyes closed, mid high note.
An image of Hannah & Morgan wearing black against a pink studio backdrop. The two make bold shapes with their body using contortion, Morgan lays on the floor with leg pointed upwards, whilst Hannah is leaning back and mirroring the shape of Morgan's leg with her arm.
An image of Fran against a pink studio backdrop. Fran is a white woman with brown hair and green eyes. She is wearing a floral print dress and smiles with arms thrown wide, caught mid dance.
A group of five people stand and sit in a well lit studio with a pink background. They smile or stare at the camera confidentially. White text is digitally imposed reading "The Acts, 3-4 Sept 2026" in addition to logos for CRIPtic Arts, Tobacco Factory Theatres and Arts Council England.
Stephanie Castelete and Tatum Swithenbank in R&D rehearsals. Steph, a white woman with short brown hair in an electric wheelchair performs in rehearsal with Tatum, a white person with blonde mid length hair in a manual wheelchair.
Luke, Jack and Ru stand together in a theatre space. They are pointing in the same general direction but all at different points. Luke is smiling whilst Jack is mid sentence and Ru looks on. Text is digitally imposed on the image in a black banner reading "We want to see YOUR show!"
Black graphic with bold blue text reading "Casting call" below a white logo for CRIPtic Arts.
Director, Jamie Hale, and Assistant director, Miggy Barker, in rehearsals. Jamie has red hair and beard and wears a blue shirt with CRIPtic Arts lanyard and sits in their electric wheelchair. Miggy has green hair and wears a black vest and sits in their electric wheelchair. They are discussing something whilst looking at each other, with various other members of the team out of focus in the background, also working.
A graphic with text reading "Join our project board" digitally imposed behind a photo of Dr Jessi Parrott in a rehearsal room. Jessi, a white person with short brown hair, is in their powered wheelchair wearing rainbow dungarees. They look off camera with a smile across their face.
A photograph of a group of people at the Scope 2026 Awards ceremony. Ade Adepitan, Caitlin Richards, Funmi Aishah Lawal, and Dr Amit Patel are in front of a bright purple backdrop with Scope branding including logos and a large sparkling circle. They are smiling at the camera and lean in together to pose.
Ada, a young Nigerian woman in a rehearsal room smiles behind a laptop and mug.
Theatre often asks people, especially people from marginalised groups, to mine their trauma as the most valuable creative inspiration we have to offer. That expectation isn’t just limiting, it’s harmful.
Black graphic with blue and white text reading "So you want to... Produce and make accessible work?" with logos for CRIPtic, City Bridge Foundation and Connect Through Creativity. There is an abstract painting of swirls of green and cream in the bottom left corner.
Black graphic with white text reading "One week left to apply for our 2026 Artist Development." With abstract paint of green, blue and pink by Rachel Gadsden. With logos for CRIPtic Arts and Arts Council England.
First image is a black and blue graphic with white text reading "Free online workshops for disabled creatives" with a vibrant green neon painting by Rachel Gadsden beneath with a paper torn effect.
Ozioma Ihesiene, a black woman wearing a white head wrap and green hoodie, reads from a script.
Tatum Swithenbank, a white non-binary person with short hair and a burgundy hat rehearses in a theatre space with black backdrop. They sit in their manual wheelchair with hand raised pointing up.
Miss Jacqui, a black electric wheelchair user wearing all green, performs into a microphone on stage, lit by warm pink lighting. Her eyes are closed as she performs with emotion, with one hand raised.
Production shot from The Acts at The Barbican. Rachel Gadsden, a white woman with short cropped hair wearing a skeletal skirt with syringes hooked around, stands looking out at the audience with arms raised and a triumphant look. Behind her is a bright painting out of focus.
Black graphic with white text reading "Artist Development 2025 now open" With abstract paint of green, blue and pink.
Yellow and white graphic with black text reading "Deptford Literature Festival. CRIPtic x London Writers Salon with Jamie Hale and Abi Palmer. Saturday 28th March 2026, 5:30pm, Online." Included in the graphic are headshots of Jamie and Abi, and black illustrations of buildings and figures.
Two performers on stage, washed in warm and blue lighting
6 polaroid photos spread out on a warm wood grain table. 1) Peyvand and EM grin at the camera, the warm lights and mirrors of the dressing rooms are visible behind them. 2) Ru and Sha are caught doing an enthusiastic 'coo!' at the camera. Sha is holding Pru the Pidge. 3) Miggy and Jamie with Foxy squatting between them, all smiling at the camera. Foxy has a hand on Miggy's chair and Jamie a hand on Foxy's shoulder. The lights and colours of the bar are visible in the background. 4) A group shot of Peyvand, Georgi, EM, Ru, Nathan, Taytum and Sha beaming with their arms round one another against a background of concrete wall and the costume rail. Several red Old Vic lanyards can be seen around people's necks. Heartbreakingly, only half of Sha's face is visible! 5) An action shot of Rudzani celebrating in the dressing room! Fists clenched, mouth wide open and hair moving as Georgi and Sha grins in the background 6) Georgi and Nathan stand close together with big smiles looking at the camera, the costume rail just peeking out behind Nathan.
Mid rehearsal, movement director Rudzani Moleya kneels on one knee smiling at two actors on a bed, Georgi Arthur and Nathan Patterson. In the background is director Jamie Hale.
Casting call
A red border with the Fringe Theatre Awards logo surrounds a photo. Liberty logo is digitally imposed behind a professional studio shot. Three women, two are white and one has brown skin, surround a pile of sand against a grey background in a variety of dynamic balletic positions. Photo by Mefus Photography of Daughters of the Sea.
1 - Production shot of Midgitte Bardot performing on stage, with mouth wide mid song, singing into a microphone.
Two continuous graphics with text overlaid on an image of Chisato, a Japanese woman with a black bob. She stands in a white tunic dress in front of a blurred background of trees and greenery. Text reads "Disabled voices bring unique perspectives that challenge mainstream narratives. By spotlighting them, we create space for authenticity and diversity. My disability informs my art by shaping the way I approach the body, presence, and silence, it allows me to transform limitation into creative possibility."
A white hand holds up print in front of the exterior of Battersea Arts Centre, the sun is shining. In the hand are two pieces of print, the first is a flyer/programme for Liberty Festival featuring artwork by Rachel Gadsden, the second is a map of the Wandsworth area, featuring various venues and train stations.
Timetable for Liberty Festival. Wednesday includes Liberty Festival Opening Party at Clapham Grand. Thursday includes When the World Turns and Songs of Self Soothing at BAC Lower Hall Suite, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar and Dorodango workshop, GOBLIN and Elvis Died of Burgers at Battersea Arts Centre. Friday includes When the World Turns, Love In and SADBOI at Battersea Arts Centre, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar and CRIPtic Presents: Past, Present, Future at Tara Theatre. Saturday includes Altar to Joy and Disco Neurotica and Deaf Rave Takeover at Battesea Arts Centre, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar, Love in at BAC Cafe, The Lost Golden Lotus at Tara Theatre, Open Mic at The Bedford and Hexagram at World Heart Beat. Sunday includes Dorodango Workshop and Daughters of the Sea at Battersea Arts Centre, Capturing the Forest at BAC Members Bar, Life of I at Tara Theatre and Sunday Picnic in that Park at Battersea Park.
1 - Text above image. Text reads "It’s INTERCONNECTEDNESS that makes Battersea so special." The band The Outpatients are performing at Kew Gardens. Four men are on stage playing keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit. They are surrounded by lush vegetation, in the background is the glass and ironwork of the Temperate House.
1 - “I think that there is a sense in a lot of places that work made by disabled people is of less quality than work made by abled people, which is such NONSENSE.” Digitally imposed over Jack, a white non-binary person with bright green hair and wearing a white t-shirt stands with their back to the camera under UV light, doing a morning stretch. They are surrounded by trinkets; a tiny pink flamingo, a book, leaves, a water bottle, a shiny pink love-heart shaped disco purse, and other nondescript things.
"Extra tickets released" is digitally imposed behind a professional studio shot. Three women, two are white and one has brown skin, surround a pile of sand against a grey background in a variety of dynamic balletic positions. Photo by Mefus Photography of Daughters of the Sea.
A purple graphic with white text reading "So you want to..." in bold, followed by a repeating motif of text "make theate, write, chat, network, be creative, care"
Text reads "2 weeks to go!" digitally added onto image of Sim Campbell sitting centre stage on a sofa. He is a black man with dyed dreadlocks, wearing a black vest, grey shorts and white socks. He's surrounded by mysterious figures wearing trench coats, masks and hats. They frame him as they pass objects to eachother, behind and around him. But Sim is looking intently at his own hands, which are held up in front of him as he uses sign language.
Production shot of The Acts. Anna, a freckled white woman with long brown wavy hair, Matthew, a white male, with light brown hair with a few greys, and Peyvand, an olive skinned woman with a black bob cut and septum piercing wearing a blue cover-all, perform on a stage washed with blue light, they all look up wearing dark sunglasses. Text digitally imposed reads "We're hiring!"
Liberty logo is digitally imposed behind a production shot. Midgitte Bardot, a person with dwarfism, performs on stage. They wear bold white makeup with blue eyeshadow covered mostly by thin white sunglasses, a glamorous blonde wig, red fish net tights and silky white shorts. They hold a cymbal in front of their chest which reflects golden light, with rays of more golden light flooding from the top left. Photo by Holly Revell.
A collage of four people above a bold abstract artwork with a mix of reds with white text reading "Launchpad". At the bottom of the graphic are the CRIPtic and Arts Council England Logos
A collage of three people above a bold abstract artwork with a mix of reds, pinks and oranges, with white text reading "Incubate". At the bottom of the graphic are the CRIPtic and Arts Council England Logos
Mohammad. A man wearing a black t-shirt and glasses stands gently, arms crossed in a self-embrace — his right hand resting on his left shoulder, and his left arm, which has a visible disability, folded across his chest. Behind him stands a sculpture of a dancing girl with only one arm. She appears to be leaping or twirling mid-air, wearing a dress that flows like feathers. The background resembles a theatrical stage, with curtains drawn aside and a dreamy, forest-like setting behind her. The photo is taken at an exhibition titled “The Last Rain in a wonderland ” in Nottingham — where the artist shares a childhood memory of embracing himself during moments of loneliness, using the same different hand that now holds so much meaning.
1 - A collage of six people above a bold abstract artwork with a mix of purples and blues with white text reading "Reach". At the bottom of the graphic are the CRIPtic and Arts Council England Logos
"Meet our CRIPtic Artists" in white text and CRIPtic and Arts Council England logo above an abstract painting featuring vibrant blue and green paint splatters on black.
A bold abstract painting by Rachel Gadsden. Two abstract figures painted in vivid greens and deep purple lean into each other and swirl around with a sense of freedom and movement. They're painted against a vibrant purple backdrop with deeper purple brush strokes.
A blue background with boxes in the centre that contain white text: “How you can help fight against the changes to Access to Work. 1 Find out more about the changes on Disability Arts Online’s website. 2 Sign and share the open letter from the Culture Sector. 3 Include the hashtag #ProtectAtW when posting on social media. 4 Write to your MP using the template letter. 5 Respond to the current DWP consultation. All resources are available at disabilityarts.online/protectatw” Below is #ProtectAtW written in grey and the DAO and Cathy Waller Co logos.
Sam, a mixed-race young man with light skin, dark curly hair, brown eyes and a slim build in his manual wheelchair rehearses Just Short of Saintly. He is wearing a white t shirt with a paisley pattern and grey and white trousers. He leans to his right with arms raised. White text is overlaid reading "we're hiring"
Text reads: Connect and become part of a creative community.
Text reads: “Taking part in workshops has been a true blessing for me, and gives me hope for more diverse and divergent voices and viewpoints within the art world.” - Audience member
Networking with Jamie Hale. Jamie Hale, a white person with red hair and beard looks directly towards the camera with a confident smile. They sit in their electric wheelchair in front of vivid red/orange banner.
A neon blue background with black text reading "and are delighted to bring that ethos to a season of work for everyone, led by Deaf facilitators. - Jamie Hale, CRIPtic Arts Artistic Director"
A neon blue background with black text reading "We believe that disabled-made work should be led by disabled people..."