Not satisfied with treading the boards as an actor and making the odd short film, Anthony Towler decided to turn his hand to writing.
His first play 'Defensability' is the story of a man with disability who enters the Paralympics to get revenge on the man who stole his fiancee.
Anthony lives with Cerebral Palsy and began training to be an actor at the age of 13.
He describes his latest work as an 'anti-rom com' which aims to break down misconceptions about what it's like to live with disability.
Visit 'Attitude Live' online for more stories about the lived experience of disability.
Sandra Alland contemplates the importance of the notion of ‘nothing about us without us’, critiquing and highlighting non-disabled productions alongside an exciting collection of artists with disability and/or Deaf artists and films.
Most films are available free online (follow the links), and all have subtitles or transcripts. Full article is published online at Disability Arts Online and found by clicking this link.
[Image from Claire Cunningham's Resemblence]
At Arts Activated 2016, we strive to place access at the core of our conference planning and proceedings. Access matters at every stage, from ensuring that diversity, leadership and representation are captured in presentation proposals, to embedding access into every organising decision and conference resource, to providing an access registration form and onsite services to conference delegates. We are also encouraging all of our presenters to think the same.
Carriageworks, the conference venue, is a flat level venue with accessible amenities. Live captioning, Auslan interpreting and audio description services will be provided for all conference sessions. Australian companion cards are accepted and at the registration desk there will be programs in alternative formats.
Carriageworks is a large venue with a café and big foyer area. A quiet room will be allocated, and we are investigating other sensory access options. Please do fill out the access registration form when you buy your conference tickets so we can best meet your requirements.
Reach Sarah Houbolt, Strategic Projects Manager by email: shoubolt@aarts.net.au
Arts Activated 2016 has extended its Early Bird discount until 14 July 2016. Don't miss out on your discount online at Eventbrite.
Arts Activated 2016 will present the best in arts and disability presentations and innovation from around the world. The experience is about best practice.
The 2016 list of Speakers is available online at the Arts Activated website.
Join us at Carriageworks in Sydney for an energising two days of creative ideas, examples and networking.
