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Training & Learning

Graeae champions creative platforms for Deaf and disabled artists, children and young people through our productions, training and creative learning projects. Read more...

We have a strong track record in working inclusively and collaboratively across a range of training and learning environments. Our projects encourage children and young people to be curious, creative and ambitious.

To get involved or find out more information contact our Creative Learning Director Jodi-Alissa Bickerton on jodi@graeae.org.

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  • Teal background with text that reads the festival of rights work saturday 25 february rich mix 4pm start
    Young People

    The Festival of Rights: work in progress

    Graeae Young Company presents The Festival of Rights Join us at Rich Mix on Saturday 25 February for this one-hour performance to raise the roof on human rights from 4pm – 5pm. Tickets on sale soon! Devised and performed by Graeae’s Young Company. The performance will be BSL interpreted, with creative use of audio description in […]

    “Our stories and our experiences come together to celebrate choice, power and joy. It’s our festival of rights.”
  • Production Outreach

    The Paradis Files – what inspires you?

      Maria Theresia von Paradis inspired the team at Graeae and now we want to know what inspires you? It could be a place, a person or even yourself. Send us your inspirations to the Von Paradis Exhibition and have your work displayed online. What do you have to do? On an A4 piece of […]

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  • A graphic showing a woman in renaissance costume, against a teal background. Text next to her reads The Paradis Files
    Production Outreach

    The Paradis Files – Join our participatory arts community!

    Join our FREE group workshops on our UK tour of The Paradis Files. You’ll create your own accessible art pieces which will form part of a public art installation and as an online exhibition. Open to all groups aged 16+

    Workshop bookings are now open!
  • Kerbs poster - A bright blue background with 2 young people, one female wheelchair user and one male wheelchair user sitting in a bar while the male holds a phone in the air to take a selfie. They both pose for the picture
    Education & Community

    Love Letters from a Caravan Holiday

    Alongside the production of Kerbs, we offered creative workshops to the local community and produced a nation-wide installation of Love Letters. Follow on Instagram to see the full collection.

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  • Young People

    The Young Company

    Love theatre and acting, and want to develop your practice? Take a look at joining our Young Company.

    We are currently welcoming new members based in London.
  • Education & Community

    Paper Plum Studios – Queensmill Residency 2021

    This autumn we explored musical theatre with a group of brilliant students from Queensmill School.

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    Young People

    Children’s drama group for 6-11 year olds

    We’re inviting Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent children to join our new drama group in 2022 – a new online space for drama (the good kind!). Get in touch with mette@graeae.org

    We're recruiting for our children’s drama group. Workshops are free of charge, full of fun and creativity.
  • Current

    Let Me Be

    Let Me Be is a new digitally-delivered course created by 1623 theatre company and Graeae to develop your theatre-making skills. Apply now!

    Let Me Be is back for another 10 weeks
  • Education & Community

    Ensemble: Certificate of Higher Education Theatre Making and Leadership

    Graeae Ensemble was established in 2015 to deliver a radical alternative to traditional drama training. Ensemble’s driving mission is to serve new generations of diverse Deaf and disabled talent to thrive as equals in the UK’s theatre industry, on stage and off.

    Applications now closed.
  • Artists

    BEYOND: Develop

    We offered free online training & wellbeing workshops for Deaf & disabled creatives during the pandemic.

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  • A photo showing previous Ensemble artist Dave Young, smiling broadly, surrounded by other people looking at him
    Education & Community

    How Do We Do Drama Now?

    It’s a question secondary school teachers have been asking us, and we have been asking ourselves since the world turned upside down under the pandemic.

    Find out more
  • Artists

    BEYOND

    Since launching Beyond in July 2020, 46 Deaf and disabled artists have signed up to the programme. We are delighted that it’s had this response, and that our theatre partners across the North, North East, West of England and the East Midlands have been able to help support a wide range of artists in developing their careers and creating new work.

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  • Artists

    Ensemble 2020

    Launching a new generation of Deaf and disabled theatre makers, creatively supported and accredited by Rose Bruford College.

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  • One Under by Winsome Pinnock
    Partners in Learning

    One Under Workshop Programme

    What Connects Us? is a unique creative workshop programme linked to the tour One Under, written by Winsome Pinnock and produced by Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth.

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    Artists

    Graeae’s Ensemble 2018 – Hurricane Protest Songs

    In 2018, Graeae’s Ensemble of young theatre makers performed Hurricane Protest Songs, a breakthrough new production interweaving spoken word poetry, movement, music and storytelling.

    Ensemble 2019 campaign
  • Partners in Learning

    This Is Not For You Education Programme

    With the centenary of WW1 making its mark across the world and especially in the UK, Graeae’s Training and Learning department developed an education programme alongside the outdoor performance This Is Not For You.

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  • Training and Learning

    To find out more about Training and Learning contact our Creative Learning Director Jodi-Alissa Bickerton on jodi@graeae.org.

    Training & Learning Opportunities
  • Close up of Christmas ball Matryoshka over blurred shiny background. Selective focus.
    Young People

    The Rollettes present Babushka’s Winter Adventure

    The Rollettes performed an adaptation of the Babushka folk-tale using a combination of beautiful aerial work, storytelling, music and their unique humour in 2017.

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  • Protest Song Hub
    Education & Community

    Protest Song Hub

    As part of Reasons To Be Cheerful 2017, Graeae called upon singers and songwriters from across the globe to raise their voices for freedom and compose, record and submit Protest Songs that spoke to the struggles of the 21st century.

    Find out more
  • Young people in Sequins and Snowballs
    Young People

    Deck the Stalls

    In 2016, Graeae’s unique wheelchair dancing troupe, the Rhinestone Rollers, a group of young artists rolled out their own show.

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  • Image of a participant standing next to Iron Man
    Partners in Learning

    Pakistan

    ‘People will watch us do this (performing) and believe that we ‘Deaf young people’ can do anything’
    – Student, J.S. Academy, Karachi, Pakistan

    Find out more
  • Participants holding up signs that read 'We are all equal'
    Young People

    Hackney Youth Theatre

    Hackney Partnership Youth Theatre perform during February half-term each year. It is run in partnership with local learning disabled young people, Huddleston Centre and Immediate Theatre.

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  • Image of 4 Rollettes in orange jumpsuits
    Young People

    The Rollettes

    ‘I want to fly again. That was the best day ever!’
    –Young Artistic Adviser, Aerial Circus workshop

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  • Image of Day of Games with cheering children on balcony.
    Education & Community

    Artistic Residencies

    “The Graeae artists spent time individually with each student – nobody faded into the background.”
    – Teaching Assistant,Tuke School.

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  • The Limbless Knight 2013 Image of performers outside holding signs
    Education & Community

    Workshops

    “Thank you for an engaging and insightful workshop. It felt collaborative and freeing.”
    – Workshop participant

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  • Industry Training

    Creative Access

    We’re proud to collaborate and work in partnership with a wide variety of partners across the cultural sector, informing our practice and providing many opportunities.

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  • Industry Training

    Dare You training

    Dare You is a creative learning experience that develops skills for inclusive leadership – building leaders that leverage diversity to get the best out of all their people.

    Interested?
  • Reasons to be Cheerful cast jumps on stage
    Education & Community

    Production Related Workshops

    We deliver education and outreach programmes to groups alongside many of our latest touring productions.

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