We make bold and unusual theatre working inclusively with Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent actors and creatives. We are seeking cast members for our forthcoming co-production of Mae Gen Ti Ddreigiau with Pontio Arts Centre in Bangor. Inspired by the picture book You’ve Got Dragons written by Kathryn Cave and illustrated by Nick Maland, this stage …
Identifying a benchmark for Wales in terms of where we’re at with inclusive practice & access, this project aimed to reimagine the creative workforce.
Statement from the board of trustees of Taking Flight on the outcome of Arts Council Wales Investment Review 2023: “Earlier this year, along with many other arts organisations across Wales, we submitted an application to Arts Council Wales Investment review 2023 for revenue funding to help us to continue and develop our work; taking risks with creative access …
We’ve teamed up with Arts Active and the Winter of Wellbeing in Cardiff to offer an updated version of our Dragon Taming workshops, led by Susan Kingman
First Three Drops A Taking Flight/Park & Dare Theatre Co-production Ceridwen the witch has a problem..a big problem. There is only one thing for it: powerful magic is needed. When Ceridwen leaves Gwion, her son’s best friend, in charge of stirring her VIP (very important potion) for a year and a day, she can never …
Are you a brave and curious soul? Calm and collected under pressure? Experienced with handling fairies? Then The Department of Strange Events needs your help.
We’re delighted to announce that Tafsila Khan is officially joining the team as trainee Access Co-ordinator. This is a new role for the industry, and whilst Tafsila will be learning on the job, the job will also develop as she learns, discovering all the many elements that need to be drawn together to make accessible …
The Intersectional Identities project is an 18 month project looking at D/deaf, Black, and Welsh speaking people and how these identities overlap (intersect). We have looked at this in terms of audiences, people working in the arts sector, and arts organisations. https://youtu.be/vhTWWYSxFlE For this project we are focusing on the cross over of Deaf, Black, …
Easy read documents typically contain images alongside small bite sized chunks of simplified text to make the information easier to read, digest and understand. As a Deaf/ disabled-led company we were shocked to find that the majority of stock cartoon/ drawn images available on the internet depicted only white, non-disabled people. The very few images …
