Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Kenneth J Donnell - Actor, Director, and Foundation Committee Member - CV"
  CV of Kenneth J Donnell, Foundation Committee Member, Actor, Director, and Artistic Director Queensland Theatre of the Deaf from 1980, dated 1998 - training (including as first profoundly Deaf Australian to be awarded a Churchill Fellowship), awards, shows as actor (An Evening with the Theatre of the Deaf, Snow White & Company, Ondine, The Crane, Jack the Simpleton & his master, Dick Woodington-Lord Mayor of Where?, Treasure Map, Seasons, Christmas Carol, Only an Orphan Girl, The Man from Snowy river, A Stranger at the Inn, Gotze, Wolf Boy), as director (Medieval Mime, Mime Skits for Expo'88', Spring Mime Madness), and as director/author (Follow That Sign, Robert the Bruce, Anonymous Addict, Nara's Journey, Our Eyes are Your Ears, Assimilation, The Devious Black Marble, Fate of The Rose)
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - Newsletter: South Burnett, 2024"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company news, first South Burnett newsletter, 2024
• "Back to Back Theatre - Sounds And Scores - Residency with Nelson Park School"
• "Back to Back Theatre - Face To Face - Residency with Nelson Park School"
• "Back to Back Theatre - Light Letters"
  Back to Back Theatre Light Letters - artist statements, script sketches, and other materials - reads, in part “In mid-2007 Back to Back Theatre invited schools and community groups from the Corio Bay area to enter into collaboration with the company under the direction of Marcia Ferguson. The company was very excited to welcome into the creative venture Nelson Park Schol, Norlane West Primary School, Cloverdale Community Centre and Dorthy Thompson Centre as well as collaborating local Geelong artists Leane Stein, Ross Meuller, David Dellafiora, Mark Cuthbertson and Stephen Oakes.”
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - TheatroQuest II - Fundraiser"
  Australian Theatre of The Deaf promotional flyer for TheatroQuest 2 fundraiser, plus interpreted performance of 'Rent' - "After the success of the first TheatroQu~ Australian Theatre of the Deaf (ATOD) is pleased to bring you TheatroQuest II. And this time we have decided to combine the fun antics with the biggest Christmas celebration &t farewell send off for our Artistic Director, Mike Canfield"
• "Access2Arts Blog"
  Access2Arts Blog postings of news, events, and projects, as first added 2016
• "Salubrious Productions - Artist Catalogue Janelle Colquhoun"
  Profile page, with bookings contact details, and availability/repertoire, across "Opera, Classical, Jazz, Musical, Cabaret, Light Pop"
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Sing & Sign Workshop/Performance Information Form 1"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Sing 'N' Sign workshop performance information/registration form 1994 - "SING 'N' SIGN is a combination workshop/perfonnance in which the children work with the actors to learn the skills of Sign-Singing"
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Sing & Sign Workshop/Performance Information Form"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Sing 'N' Sign workshop performance information/registration form 1994 - "SING 'N' SIGN is a combination workshop/perfonnance in which the children, divided into groups, work with the actors to learn the skills of Sign-Singing"
• “Studio A – Inside Studio A – Promotional Flyer 2020”
  Information about project 2020, in which creative producer Amelia B created "Inside Studio A" as an ‘about’ video featuring the work of artists, including interviews with Mathew Calandra, Thom Roberts, Catherine McGuiness, Jaycee Kim, and Meagan Pelham. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.
• “Studio A – And Romance Was Born - Promotional Card 2020"
  Information about Studio A collaboration with fashion design label Romance Was Born. Photograph by Tanja Bruckner.
• “Studio A – One Another Homewares – 2018”
  Information about a range of homewares, using hand weaving and embroidery, created by Studio A and in collaboration with One Another in 2018. Photograph by Rick Carter.
• A2K Media
• QUT Art Museum
• Radha O'Meara
• Laura Dunstan
• Catherine Ryan
• Anna Debinski
• "Katie Ellis (2016) Disability Media Work: Opportunities and Obstacles. London: Palgrave."
  Reads, in part "Elevates disability media discussions beyond representation and access by considering employment and discriminatory attitudes in the media industry"
• "Bree Hadley (2021) Ex/centric Fixations Project (theatrical play). In Sefel, John Michael, Slamcik Lassetter, Amanda, & Summerville, Jill (Eds.) At the Intersection of Disability and Drama: A Critical Anthology of New Plays. McFarland Publishers, Jefferson, USA, pp. 317-344.”
  "The Ex/Centric Fixations Project is a postdramatic performance work which renders the feeling of otherness visceral for spectators, without anchoring it any specific singlular experience of otherness, with the text unfolding with the musical flow and rhythm of a fugue state."
• "House Gang - IMDB"
  Reads, in part "House Gang is an energetic and irreverent domestic comedy with a naughty sense of fun. Featuring three remarkable young actors, each with an intellectual disability, it takes an unconventional look at "family" in the 90s. Above all else House Gang celebrates diversity-you don't need to have a disability to be challenged by the problems of modern life. And being "normal" doesn't give us sole rights on love, sex, ambition, or laughter."
• "Restless Dance - Central Workshop"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Central Workshop,' captured 2020 – reads, in part, "Restless Dance Theatre presents a series of dance workshops, for people aged 15-26 years with and without disability. The workshops involve creating movement in a safe and fun environment where the participants’ ideas become dance. No experience is necessary, just the desire to take part. Workshops are open to people with and without disability and are led by highly experienced tutors in an accessible space."
• "Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, Beth Haller, Rosemary Curtis ed. (2019) Routledge Companion to Disability and Media. London & New York: Routledge."
  Reads, in part "An authoritative and indispensable guide to disability and media, this thoughtfully curated collection features varied and provocative contributions from distinguished scholars globally, alongside next-generation research leaders."
• "Ellan A. Lincoln-Hyde (2018) Opera, Publicity, Disability : A Case Study of the Public Persona of Marjorie Lawrence, Master of Music/Musicology, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne"
  Reads, in part "This thesis is an investigation of the public life of the Australian dramatic soprano Marjorie Florence Lawrence (b. Deans Marsh, Victoria 1907 – d. Little Rock, Arkansas 1979). Lawrence, who begun her professional stage career in Monte Carlo in 1932, was permanently paralysed from the waist down in 1941 after contracting poliomyelitis (at the time better known as infantile paralysis, now commonly referred to as polio)."