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Dao publishes an open letter from Victoria
Wright - actress from Channel 4's Cast Offs - to comedian Frankie Boyle on
his use of disablist language in his show.
Christine Bruno and Garry Robson take us on their travels with Fittings' tour of Raspberry. Colin Cameron loves to be a cripple, not a Raspberry or Ripple, but a downright dirty cripple. Tanya Raabe animates some drawings from the tour on her blog. Aaron Williamson researches the history of begging, in his search for the Affligare - opening on Spike Island, Bristol. Crippen reacts to disturbing news about 'conversion therapy' in Northern Ireland, looks at service provision from mental health trusts; and the use of language as Local Authorities give the thumbs-up to User-Led organisations. Oska Bright go On The Road to the Hull Film Festival, April 2010. Oh... and Colin Hambrook is mad... Go to dao's listings pages at http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/Listings for the latest events and opportunities for disabled and deaf artists. 
Editor's BlogEditor Colin Hambrook adds a bit of mad creative writing to the dao mix 
Oska Bright On The RoadThe Oska Bright team go On The Road to the Hulll Film Festival http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/Oska_Bright_On_The_Road 
Crippen's BlogCrippen looks at gender; revisits the notion of user-led involvement - and receives some disturbing news from Northern Ireland 
Dolly Sen's BlogDolly Sen waits for the gasman while writing a poem under a lithium sun. Joe Kelly's BlogJoe Kelly charts the progress of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Aaron Williamson BlogAaron Williamson uncovers some facts about begging in the middle ages - in his fantastical creation of a new tribe of disabled people Tanya Raabe's BlogTanya Raabe animates some drawings from the tour of Fittings and talks some more about Revealing Culture Fittings Multimedia blogRaspberry is a musical inspired by the life and times of legendary disabled performer, Ian Dury. The cast blog their way down the UK Discussion: Victoria Wright addresses comedian Frankie BoyleComedian Frankie Boyle has hit the news for making jokes at the expense of learning disabled people during his sell-out tour. Victoria Wright, writer and star of Channel 4s Cast Offs, responds with an open letter. Review: Polar Bears by Mark HaddonKate Larsen reviews Polar Bears, playing at the Donmar Warehouse until 22 May 2010. Gallery: Harry Matthews' visionary artworksSurvivor artists often share similar reasons for making artwork. Harry Matthews talks candidly about his artistic process Review: Fittings present Raspberry - based on the life and times of Ian DuryColin Cameron caught ‘Raspberry’ at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh on 9 April, 2010 at the start of its UK tour. Profile: Kit Wells - The Figure in the Urban LandscapeKit Wells presents a gallery of paintings inspired by alienation in the urban landscape Profile: Jasna Nikolic presents EternimentsJasna Nikolic talks about her work and influences. She is one of the six award winners selected to hold a solo show in the studio at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. Interview: Jon Pratty talks to Tony Panayiotou about Heart n Soul and DecibelAs Heart n Soul celebrate two MBE's awarded to director Mark Williams and founder artist Pino Frumiento, dao manager Jon Pratty asks Tony Panayiotou, Director of Diversity at Arts Council England about disability arts. | |
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