A summary of 2019

Supported 10 amazing pieces of new writing from Deaf and disabled writers through the Write to Play training programme

Produced a national tour of Winsome Pinnock’s One Under with Theatre Royal Plymouth with a deaf and disabled cast, reaching audiences of over 3,000 across the UK

Delivered What Connects Us? – an outreach programme delivered alongside One Under

Staged and toured a brand new version of Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man, which played in Libraries in Leicestershire to year 3 and 4 pupils, in partnership with Spark Arts

Launched a brand new podcast series entitled Disability And… with Disability Arts Online, producing 8 episodes of a brand new podcast helping us reach audiences around the world. More will be coming next year!

Had 2 new radio plays broadcast on Radio 4: Amy Dorrit and Three Sisters Rewired reaching 3.6m listeners

All of the above is delivered in partnership with the best arts organisations in the business. We’d like to thank everyone, including Naked Productions and BBC Radio 4, Bristol Old Vic, Bush Theatre, Curve Leicester, Disability Arts Online, Exeter Northcott, LAMDA, Naked Productions, Ovalhouse, RADA, Ramps on the Moon, Rose Bruford College, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Soho Theatre, Spark Arts, Talawa, Tamasha, Theatre Royal Bath, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Wiltshire Creative, British Council Japan, Korea and Singapore and DADAA Perth, Australia

A brand new play by Shahid Iqbal Khan (a Write to Play graduate) reaching audiences in London in May

Performances of The Iron Man in Hong Kong and The Tempest and The Garden in Japan

Ensemble 2020: an accredited training programme for young Deaf and disabled artists

A national support network for Deaf and disabled artists to develop their own work

A new adaptation of Bartholomew Fair with Naked Productions, for BBC Radio 4

A big thank you to everyone who supported us over the last year! We wouldn’t be able to do everything above without you!