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Friday, August 27, 2021

Is Jack Thorne’s MacTaggart Lecture a gamechanger for disabled artists? by Naomi Westerman

Watching Jack Thorne’s speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival, AYT’s Outreach Officer, Naomi was left upset for a whole host of reasons. She knew things were bad for disabled people, but no…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:54PM
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Six the Musical’s return: Disabled theatregoers are still not being heard by Naomi Westerman

After it was announced that Six the Musical would not return to the Arts Theatre but the Vaudeville, Disabled fans were left devastated due to its lack of accessibility. Outreach Officer, Na…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03AM
Monday, April 13, 2020

Lockdown emphasises the sharp divide between disabled & able-bodied, but there are silver linings by Naomi Westerman

Being housebound and isolated is not unfamiliar to many members of the disabled and chronic illness communities, strangely leaving us potentially better equipped than the non-disabled to cop…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AM