Disability Arts Online

📢 Here are this week’s featured jobs and opportunities listings. Project Archivist at @pallanthousegallery Location: Chichester Salary: £27K - £32K FTE Closes: 01 June 2026 Marketing & Communications Manager at @aborchestras Location: London Salary: £38K FTE Closes: 29 May 2026 Doorstep Duets Stage Manager at @mbnewadventures Location: South East Fee: £737 per Week Closes: 26 May 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current jobs and opportunities listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured Job or Opportunity, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These jobs and opportunities have been promoted through DAO’s Premium Listings service. If you would like to advertise your own listings, visit our website for more details. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A light blue with a yellow megaphone drawn in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is white text that reads: disabilityarts.online/opportunities Image 2 - 3: Individual listings graphics each showing a light blue background with a yellow megaphone and white text that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is a teal rectangle with yellow border and white text showing the listing details for each job or opportunity (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, white text reads: Find this listing and more at disabilityarts.online/opportunities

📢 Here are this week’s featured events. Swipe for individual listings. Breakin’ Convention by @sadlers_wells Where: UK Tour Cost: Varies When: 09 May - 06 June 2026 I need to be more than a lesson you learned at dis_place Where: Online Cost: Free When: Till 31 January 2027 The Rapping Princess at @polkatheatre Where: London Cost: From £11 When: 16 May - 21 June 2026 Blizzard at @southbankcentre Where: London Cost: From £18 When: 27 - 31 May 2026 HOLY DIRT at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: From £27.50 When: 23-24 May 2026 Stick and Stone at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: Free When: 23-24 May 2026 Kimberlé Crenshaw: Backtalker at @southbankcentre Where: London Cost: From £26 When: 23 May 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current "What’s On" listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured event, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These events are promoted via DAO’s Premium Listings service. To advertise your own, visit our website. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A yellow background with two tickets illustrated in dark blue in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, What’s On. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured events listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is dark teal text that reads: disabilityarts.online/whats-on Images 2 - 8: Individual listings graphics each showing a yellow background with two tickets drawn in dark blue and dark blue text that reads: DAO Listings, What’s On. Below is a teal rectangle with white text showing the listing details for each event (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, dark blue text reads: Find this event listing and more at disabilityarts.online/whats-on

🎉 Disability Arts Online (DAO) has appointed disabled and neurodivergent theatre-maker, playwright and social justice activist, Kate Lovell (@katejlovell ), as our first ever Artistic Director! Kate is an established arts leader joining us from her previous role as Co-Creative Director at @queenstheatrehornchurch . Her practice spans directing, dramaturgy, writing and creative producing, with a focus on collaboration, disabled representation and creative access. As our Artistic Director, she will take creative leadership of DAO and will co-lead the organisation with our CEO, Trish Wheatley (@dao.trish ). This new Artistic Director role was created because our founder Colin Hambrook has moved into the role of Heritage Project Director of Cripping Culture, after serving more than 20 years as Editor. Kate has a longstanding relationship with DAO, starting in 2015 as a participant in a disabled writers development programme. Since then she has been a regular contributor to our magazine and podcast, and was our magazine’s first Guest Editor in 2018. Read more on our website 🔗Link in bio Video description: A blurry image on a textured teal background, with white text below that reads: Introducing our new Artistic Director. The blurry image slowly comes into focus and the text changes to Kate Lovell. The image is of a white woman with black, round glasses and long brown hair sitting on a red climbing frame wearing a blue, white and brown tartan dress with black leggings looking into the camera and smiling. The image then disappears and white text on a teal textured background reads: Find out more at disabilityarts.online/magazine/news.

📣 Calling all disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent artists, inclusive arts organisations and disability arts freelancers! Did you know we have FREE Directories for Artists, Freelancers, and Organisations? Whether you're a disabled, D/deaf or neurodivergent artist, a freelancer in disability arts, or a disabled-led organisation - we have a space for you! We have three Directories covering Artists, Organisations, and a Freelancers Directory for anyone working in wider roles within disability arts and culture. Join today to promote your work and be part of the DAO community. 🔗 Find out more and create your profile via the linktree in our bio. 📸 Image Description: Screenshot showing examples of 4 artists, 4 freelancers and 4 organisations directory entries from the DAO directory

📢 Here are this week’s featured jobs and opportunities listings. OV Backstage Programme at @oldvictheatre Location: London Fee: Paid Closes: 21 May 2026 Trustee at @dcd_dancers Location: UK/Hybrid Salary: Voluntary Closes: 05 June 2026 Board Member at @graeaetheatrecompany Location: London/Hybrid Salary: Voluntary Closes: 12 June 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current jobs and opportunities listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured Job or Opportunity, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These jobs and opportunities have been promoted through DAO’s Premium Listings service. If you would like to advertise your own listings, visit our website for more details. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A light blue with a yellow megaphone drawn in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is white text that reads: disabilityarts.online/opportunities Image 2 - 4: Individual listings graphics each showing a light blue background with a yellow megaphone and white text that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is a teal rectangle with yellow border and white text showing the listing details for each job or opportunity (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, white text reads: Find this listing and more at disabilityarts.online/opportunities

🎙️ In the latest episode of Disability and..., Joe Turnbull chats with Ben Pettitt-Wade, artistic director of @hijinxtheatre , about their celebrated show Meet Fred. Now on its 10th anniversary UK tour, Meet Fred follows a two-foot-tall puppet navigating a world full of barriers – from the job centre to everyday life and draws a powerful parallel between a puppet’s reliance on its puppeteers and the support networks that many disabled people rely on. 🎧 Listen in full on our website on via your usual podcast app.

📢 Here are this week’s featured events. Swipe for individual listings. Inhale Exhale Movement Sessions at @wellcomecollection Where: London Cost: Free When: 05 - 08 May 2026 Breakin’ Convention by @sadlers_wells Where: UK Tour Cost: Varies When: 09 May - 06 June 2026 DMLab Festival: Accessible Music Technology with @drakemusicorg Where: London Cost: Low-cost/Free When: 24 May 2026 Scent Workshop with Alessandra Mondin and @cripticarts Where: Online Cost: Free When: 25 May 2026 Thikra: Night of Remembering at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: From £27.50 When: 23 May 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current "What’s On" listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured event, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These events are promoted via DAO’s Premium Listings service. To advertise your own, visit our website. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A yellow background with two tickets illustrated in dark blue in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, What’s On. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured events listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is dark teal text that reads: disabilityarts.online/whats-on Images 2 - 6: Individual listings graphics each showing a yellow background with two tickets drawn in dark blue and dark blue text that reads: DAO Listings, What’s On. Below is a teal rectangle with white text showing the listing details for each event (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, dark blue text reads: Find this event listing and more at disabilityarts.online/whats-on

📢 New Resource Alert! Applying for funding as a disabled artist can feel overwhelming but Disability Arts Online is here to help. We've just published our latest resource: A Guide to Writing Funding Applications 📝 From your initial idea to submitting your application, this step-by-step guide walks you through the entire process - whether you're a first-time applicant or someone with more experience looking for extra guidance. 🔗 Read the resource now, via the link in our bio.

Here are this week’s featured jobs and opportunities listings. Interim Head of Marketing at @exeternorthcott Location: Exeter Salary: £40,256 FTE Closes: 18 May2026 Head of Marketing at @leedsplayhouse Location: Leeds Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 Closes: 06 May 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current jobs and opportunities listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured Job or Opportunity, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These jobs and opportunities have been promoted through DAO’s Premium Listings service. If you would like to advertise your own listings, visit our website for more details. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A light blue with a yellow megaphone drawn in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is white text that reads: disabilityarts.online/opportunities Image 2 - 3: Individual listings graphics each showing a light blue background with a yellow megaphone and white text that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is a teal rectangle with yellow border and white text showing the listing details for each job or opportunity (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, white text reads: Find this listing and more at disabilityarts.online/opportunities

📢 Here are this week’s featured events. Swipe for individual listings. Pivot Fest at @aspexportsmouth Where: Portsmouth Cost: Free When: 08-10 May 2026 BSL Tour of Being Human with @chisatominamimura at @wellcomecollection Where: London Cost: Free When: 09 May Networking CRIPtic Chats with @cripticarts Where: Online Cost: Free When: 26 May 2026 Joelle Taylor - Maryville at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: £12.50, Under 30s £10 When: 09 May 2026 The International Booker Prize Tenth Anniversary at @southbankcentre Where: London Cost: From £23.50 When: 08 May 2026 Garbh at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: Free When: 17 May 2026 Breakin’ Convention by @sadlers_wells Where: UK Tour Cost: Varies When: 09 May - 06 June 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current "What’s On" listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured event, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These events are promoted via DAO’s Premium Listings service. To advertise your own, visit our website. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A yellow background with two tickets illustrated in dark blue in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, What’s On. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured events listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is dark teal text that reads: disabilityarts.online/whats-on Images 2 - 12: Individual listings graphics each showing a yellow background with two tickets drawn in dark blue and dark blue text that reads: DAO Listings, What’s On. Below is a teal rectangle with white text showing the listing details for each event (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, dark blue text reads: Find this event listing and more at disabilityarts.online/whats-on

📢 Here are this week’s featured jobs and opportunities listings. Trustee at @hackneyempire Location: London Fee: Voluntary Closes: 27 April 2026 Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent designers at @ensonglopedia Location: Brighton Fee: £190 per day Closes: 11 May 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current jobs and opportunities listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured Job or Opportunity, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These jobs and opportunities have been promoted through DAO’s Premium Listings service. If you would like to advertise your own listings, visit our website for more details. 📷 Image descriptions Image 1: A light blue with a yellow megaphone drawn in the centre. Above is white text on a teal rectangular background that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is white text in a teal rectangular box that reads: Swipe for this week's featured listings. There is a dark blue arrow below pointing to the right. At the foot of the graphic there is white text that reads: disabilityarts.online/opportunities Image 2 - 3: Individual listings graphics each showing a light blue background with a yellow megaphone and white text that reads: DAO Listings, Jobs & Opportunities. Below is a teal rectangle with yellow border and white text showing the listing details for each job or opportunity (as noted earlier in this post caption). At the bottom of the graphic, white text reads: Find this listing and more at disabilityarts.online/opportunities

📢 Here are this week’s featured events. Swipe for individual listings. Tortoise and the Hare at @polkatheatre Where: London Cost: From £10 When: 02-31 May 2026 Writers Salon - Misread with Elia Isaac and @cripticarts Where: Online Cost: Free When: 11 May Online Event Recordings & Exhibitions 2025-26 with @together2012.cic Where: Online Cost: Free When: Until 31 December 2026 The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: £35, Under 30s £25 When: 17 May 2026 Without Walls - The Torch, Nigel ‘Kobby’ Taylor at @brightonfestival Where: Brighton Cost: Free When: 17 May 2026 The Sheeer Brass Neck at @visitnca Where: Newcastle Cost: Free When: 17 April - 09 May 2026 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at @buxtonoperahouse Where: Buxton Cost: From £24 When: 29 April - 04 May 2026 Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button at @factory_international Where: Manchester Cost: From £15 When: 03-04 July Launch of the Tiny Roastery Concerts with @weareherecoffee Where: Online Cost: Free When: 25 April Tales from Acorn Wood at @artsdepot_ldn Where: London Cost: From £19 When: 22 - 26 May 2026 🔗 Find out more: Explore all current "What’s On" listings by visiting the link in our bio. Please note: DAO is hosting these listings. For questions relating to a featured event, please contact the named organisation directly. ⭐ Advertise with us: These events are promoted via DAO’s Premium Listings service. To advertise your own, visit our website. 📷 Image descriptions in comments