EXTANT EVOLUCIJA
THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED THEATRE MAKERS IN THE UK
EXTANT
Extant is the UK’s leading professional performing arts company of blind and visually impaired artists and theatre practitioners, producing touring productions and delivering training regionally and internationally. Extant is the opposite of extinct. Formed in 1997 by founder Maria Oshodi and a group of professional visually impaired artists, the company aimed to redress invisibility of blind and partially sighted artists, explore new creative territories and become a dynamic, political space to articulate and celebrate what visual impairment brings to the performing arts.
Extant Evolve: The next generation of blind and partially sighted theatre makers in the UK
A roundtable led by Extant’s Trainee Artistic Director and 2 of Extant’s current and former Associate Artists about innovations in creative access, making work in a changed landscape post-covid and post-Brexit, and what’s next for the current generation of blind and partially sighted theatre makers in the UK. We will discuss Extant Evolve, an innovative leadership programme to take a pro-active lead in creating an answer to the under-representation of disabled leaders in the arts, offering the company, Extant as a nurturing and advocacy hub where the next visually impaired Artistic Directors can learn in a safe supportive environment and where they can expand their creative ideas, increase their knowledge about the industry and co-create the future of the company.
Duration: 60 min
Language: English