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EtCetera Issue 262
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The National Disability Arts Forum
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Nov 19, 2004 08:56 PST
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Contents: == From NDAF == Job Opportunities == Get Involved == Training
& Workshops == Got Some Spare Time? == TV & Radio: Pick of the Week ==
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From NDAF
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* The deadline for our EtCetera logo competition is nearing! *
Design a logo for our newsletter and win GBP 100.
Details at <ndaf.org/logo.html>, or contact sil-@ndaf.org, Tel +44
(0)191 2611628, Text +44 (0)191 2612237.
* We need your images for our Xmas cards! *
Win Amazon vouchers
What you need to do: <ndaf.org/xmas.html>.
* Win 2 X 2 Tickets for London Bubble’s Cinderella *
BSL Interpreted Performance, Thursday 16 December 7pm
Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES
“ Polish those glass slippers, dust down the pumpkin, and get ready to
have a ball as London Bubble reinterprets one of the most popular
stories of them all for Christmas 2004. Featuring one ghost, two frogs,
three mice, four explosions, five bad jokes and six fiendishly difficult
bits of audience participation, Cinderella is high-quality theatre
that's appealing to people of all ages, whilst being just a little bit
silly at the same time.”
To win a pair of tickets please just send an email to -
compet-@ndaf.org -, subject <Bubble>, including your name, postal
address and access requirements. The first two entries will win.
(Offer open to all UK residents, excluding employees of The National
Disability Arts Forum and London Bubble. One entry per person. No cash
alternative)
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Job Opportunities
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* Disability Arts Cymru: Part-time Training Co-ordinator *
Salary: (SCP 25) GBP 19,092 per annum pro-rata.
Disability Arts Cymru works throughout Wales developing equality and
celebrating Disability & Deaf Arts. We are looking for a self-motivated
disabled person with comprehensive knowledge of Disability Equality
Training to co-ordinate our training services in the arts.
The post-holder may work from home, or be based at Disability Arts
Cymru’s office in Fairwater, Cardiff.
This post will be open to disabled applicants only. We particularly
welcome applications from Welsh-speaking people and people from ethnic
minority backgrounds.
The post is for 16 hours a week, to run for 18 months from early 2005.
For an application form please contact: Disability Arts Cymru, Sbectrwm,
Bwlch Road, Fairwater, Cardiff CF5 3EF, Tel & Minicom: 029 2055 1040,
Fax: 029 2055 1036, Email: dacy-@btconnect.com.
Website: <www.artsdisabilitywales.com>
Closing date for applications: Monday 13 December 2004
Interviews will be held at Disability Arts Cymru’s office in Cardiff in
January.
Application pack also available in large print, on disk, via email or on
audiotape.
This post is funded by Lloyds TSB Foundation
* EQUATA UK: Administrator/PA to Artistic Director *
EQUATA UK, the Disability Arts Development Agency for the South West of
England, is seeking an Administrator/PA to work in a busy office in the
centre of Exeter.
Ideally you will have good computer skills, experience of Microsoft
Office products and an understanding of disability issues and the arts.
More importantly you will be organised and flexible, have a willingness
to learn and the initiative to make the job your own.
Salary GBP 14,817 to GBP 16,515 pro-rata (depending on experience )
Part-time or Job-share considered.
Closing date: Monday 6 December
Interviews: W/C Monday 13 December
Disabled people especially welcome to apply – please state your
preferred format.
For an application pack contact: 01884 829265(voice); 01884
829267(textphone);or e-mail in-@equata.co.uk .
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Get Involved
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* Become Marc Quinn’s Model! *
The internationally renowned artist Marc Quinn, perhaps best known for
his sculpture 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' that will be put on the fourth
plinth in Trafalgar Square next year, is now looking for people who
would be interested in becoming models for his latest series of works:
he want to make some full length portraits of blind people in marble.
The sculptures will be shown initially at an exhibition at the White
Cube gallery in London at the end of next year.
Posing for one of the pieces involves being life cast, either the whole
body or head only, and would take no more than one day at his studio in
London. He will pay a fee plus expenses, and make each subject a gift of
a small artwork.
Marc is looking for anyone who is interested but he particularly needs a
man and a woman aged 25-40ish, (couple or individual), a child between
3-5yrs and an elderly person. He is looking for people who have been
blind from birth.
He is also interested in people who work in areas which the general
public associate with sight i.e photography, modelling, painting,
gardening, cinema etc.
Anyone interested in becoming a model should send a full - length
photograph (colour or black & white) of themselves with their name,
height, occupation if relevant, contact address and contact telephone
number to the following address:
SPACE, Ground floor, 1-2 Ravey Street, London EC2A 4PQ, or to
news-@dircon.co.uk.
For any further information or if you have any questions please call his
assistant Angela on 07947 251 648.
* Showhow Forum Theatre Workshop Auditions *
Showhow has commissioned director Mojisola Adebayo to devise a Forum
Theatre performance based on the Fellowship Programme to tour arts
organisations in February 2005. The subject of the performance will be
diversity within the workforce of arts employers.
Auditions for 4 actors to join the project will be held on 30 November
2004.
Performers must
- be Black, Asian or Chinese OR disabled.
- have at least 3 years professional experience and be London-based.
- have Physical theatre/Forum Theatre/Improvisation skills.
- be available for the audition workshop on 30 November 10.00am - 4.00
pm (expenses will be paid).
- be available between 2 January 2005 - 31 March for 4 weeks of
rehearsal and up to 10 performances at national venues (which are likely
to include Almeida, Hampstead Theatre, Contact Theatre, Oxford Playhouse
and others).
If you are interested in being considered for the project please email
your CV to an-@showhow.org.uk or post to Showhow, Forum Theatre
Project, 54 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5SH.
For any enquiries please contact Andy Cheung during office hours on 020
7336 8105 or Mojisola Adebayo after office hours on 07840 112 414.
Showhow Studio 1 The Tardis 54 Turnmill Street London EC1M 5SH
T: 020 7336 8105 F: 020 7336 8188
<www.showhow.org.uk>
* Southampton Centre for Independent Living: Open Invitation *
Southampton Centre for Independent Living (SCIL) think that “for a
number of years now, BCODP (British Council of Disabled People) has
found its own existence and agenda more important and has not been
accountable to the rest of the Movement nor provided the sort of
leadership that makes us stronger in unity.”
They are now calling BCODP to account and asking Disabled People to
engage in a debate about the state of our Movement and its future.
“The Disabled People's Movement-where to now?” will take place on
Saturday 27 November 2004, 11am-4pm, at Nottingham Royal Moat House,
Hampton & Windsor Suite, Wollaton Street, Nottingham, NG1 5RH.
For further information please contact SCIL on Tel. 023 8033 0982 or
email haz-@southamptoncil.co.uk.
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Training & Workshops
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* Dance Dangerous *
Dance Dangerous is an integrated dance company working in the community
to give high quality dance training and opportunities to all.
The next Dance Dangerous monthly workshop is with the "fantackulous"
Foot in Hand Music and Dance Company
November 27th, 10-4pm, UCN Isham Studios, Avenue Campus, Northampton
COST: GBP 6/ GBP 4 concessions
Free to UCN Performing Arts Students
To book a place email: danceda-@hotmail.com or call Miriam: 07951
933 244.
* Theatre Resource: Winter Wicken 2004 *
10th December to 12th December 2004
A 3-day residential performing arts course for young people aged 14+
living in and around Essex and Hertfordshire
Participants will get the opportunity to explore: ·
- Movement , dance, music ·
- In-depth drama and acting techniques
- Cutting edge experimental theatre
- Photography and visual art
and be part of a performance
Cost is GBP 100, this includes full board and all tuition
Places are filling quickly, so do hurry if you wish to book. For further
information contact Theatre Resource by tel 01277 365626, fax/minicom
01277 365003, Email in-@theatre-resource.org.uk or visit
<www.theatre-resource.org.uk>.
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Got Some Spare Time?
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* Moonriver Club Events *
Moonriver is a club for people with learning disabilities in London.
- Theatre Night
On Thursday, 25 November the Moonriver players present “Su Su”, and
Lambeth Universal Performers show “A Midsummernight’s Dream”.
7.30pm - 9.30pm, GBP 2.
- Club Night
Wed 15 December, 7.30pm - 11pm, GBP 5 Featuring DJ’s, MC’s, Live Acts,
UV Art, Groovy Dancing, Food and Bar Special Elvis Fancy Dress Night for
the Ladies and the Men.
At Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford, London TW8 0DS. Box Office 0208
232 1010. Info: 07939 541 738.
For dates of all learning disability club nights in London go to
<www.wildbunchclub.com>.
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TV & Radio:
Pick of the Week
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20 November
TV
12.00 - See Hear - BBC2
The sexual abuse of deaf children is the main issue of this edition. (s)
19.00 - Fact or Fiction; Richard the III
Was he a tyrant, did he kill his nephews and was he disabled ? A
reputation which is now seriously disputed, Shakespeare’s meanest
character is investigated. (s)
21 November
TV
20.00 - The Laramie Project - Sky Movies 9
Drama about the brutal murder of an HIV positive student in middle
America.
22 November
TV
20.00 - Rain Man - Film Four
Hoffmans’ twitchy portrayal of Autism badly lets this thriller down.
21.00 - Philadelphia - Living TV - Movie
Stunning and gritty HIV drama with Tom Hanks.
22.10 - Midnight Cowboy - Film Four
Hoffman again with a syrupy and overegged stodgy pancake of a character
with consumption.
Radio
14.15 - Afternoon Play:Double Acts - Falling Up - R3
A dancer with a degenerative impairment and a young woman who for hers
sins is helping (community service) her out, strike up an unusual
relationship.
23 November
TV
21.00 - Dr Strangelove - Sky Cinema 2
Peter Sellers demonstrates the creation of the perfect stereotype of
the evil disabled one, in this manic black comedy
Radio
20.40 - In Touch - R4
News for blind and visually impaired people.
25 November
TV
21.00 - Dispatches: Profiting from Kids in Care - CH4
An investigation into private residential care homes for children and
the rip off that seems to be taking place. You can guess who comes off
worst. (s)
Radio
15.00 - Check Up - R4
1 in 200 of us have epilepsy. Living with it, treating it and
understanding it.
26 November
TV
00.20 - Flesh and Blood - UKTV Drama
When an adopted man and father begins to realise his daughter has
learning difficulties, he sets of to find his real parents and its not
pleasant experience.
Radio
21.00 The Friday Play
Mia and Maia are conjoined twins and 21 years old, should they separate,
is it risky ? They turn to an American specialist for advice.
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© The National Disability Arts Forum 2004
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