“Inaugural High Beam festival in 1998”

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Title: “Inaugural High Beam festival in 1998”
Description: High Beam was a biennial community-based disability arts festival. It was a joint initiative of SPARC Disability Foundation and Arts In Action (through the direction of Tony Doyle). (Arts in Action later became Arts Access SA.) The 10-day event was the first of its kind in the Southern hemisphere, attracting around 20,000 people at each festival. The festival showcased theatre, dance, comedy, and music. Some celebrity artists included Adam Hills and David Helfgott. The inaugural festival (1998) invited Swedish Disability Theatre Company Mooms Teatern to perform; the company also conducted workshops with a disability-led Australian theatre company, No Strings Attached. This first festival was also the site of Tutti's first public performance as a choir.
Identifier: AC00061
Publisher: Disability Arts History Australia
datePublished: 1990s
location: Adelaide; South Australia
sourceOrganization: SPARC Disability Foundation; High Beam Festival; Arts In Action; No Strings Attached; Arts Access SA; Tutti Arts
creator: Tony Doyle
category: Action
Type: Create Action
Format: Text
inLanguage: English
keywords: Disability Arts Practice, Multi Arts, Festivals
copyrightNotice: © Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Annie Rolfe
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20211129095100/https://picassoprohub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Accessible-Doc_FocusonDisabilityandDeafArtsinCanada2011FINAL-1.pdf

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