Red Pitch – when theatre is inclusive and accessible
This month I took a trip to @SohoPlace theatre in the heart of London’s West End. It was my third visit to the only theatre in London that is completely accessible to disabled actors, and because of this and the incredible productions that it houses, I will always...
How skinny white women hijacked the body positivity movement
The body positivity movement is an online safe space for marginalised bodies (fat, black, queer, disabled) to be celebrated and normalised. Within a society that constantly narrows the beauty standards to one type of femme: straight, white and slim, praising anything...
Thank you 2023!
It was my key aim when I wrote the training programmes for the CCTA, that they would feel inclusive. I had always avoided group training, as I often felt uncomfortable asking questions. This was therefore essential to my making our programmes one-to-one. I knew that one size training was not appropriate, so instead of qualifications that mean you got exactly the same training as the next, and the last student, I made mine adaptable. It’s all about the students.