Community Participation Producer & Stage Manager

(Nov 2023 - April 2024)

FordmidAbility

"Extraordinary things happen when we see the art, not the disability"

formidAbility is breaking new ground in accessibility and inclusion in opera for those with disabilities, both onstage and off. They produce and support opera that places accessibility at the foundation of the creative process, rather than adding it as an afterthought. They believe accessibility and inclusion are tremendously powerful and under-utilised creative tools that can inspire all performers, and that more diverse creative teams benefit the creation and performance processes. They collaborate with the world’s foremost artists working for or with disability, because we believe that audiences miss out on a world of great art when artists, creators and performers with disabilities are missing from professional performance spaces.

Their latest project Sign in Song is new writing that combines BSL signing with movement & song. My role as the project’s Community Participation Producer will be to oversee creative participation for D/deaf & disabled people in 4 cities as part of the projects tour. Alongside this I will support the final weeks of rehearsal & performance dates as the project Stage Manager.