Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• “Restless Dance – Annual Report 2003"
  Restless Dance Theatre Annual Report 2003 - Chair's, Artistic Director’s, Dancers’, and Company Manager Reports, Members and Board, Financials, information about productions ‘Starry Eyed,’ ‘Home,’ ‘Singing of Angels,’ Reviews, Supporters
• “Restless Dance – Annual Report 2005"
  Restless Dance Theatre Annual Report 2005 - Chair's, Artistic Director’s, Dancers’, and Company Manager Reports, Members and Board, Financials, information about productions Sustenance,’ ‘Vocabulary,’ ‘Present Tense,’ ‘Unspoken Out Loud,’ Reviews, Supporters
• “Restless Dance – Annual Report 2006"
  Restless Dance Theatre Annual Report 2006 - Chair's, Artistic Director’s, Dancers’, and Company Manager Reports, Members and Board, Financials, information about productions ‘Continual Unfolding of Now,’ ‘Within these lines,’ Reviews, Supporters
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - AnnualReport 2018-19"
• "Betsy and I"
  Page reads, in part, "BETSY AND I: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY WALKER By Alexandra Ellen is indelabilityarts latest production. Led by ensemble member Alexandra Ellen, BETSY AND I is a live performance piece that follows the relationship between Ivy and her wheelie walker, Betsy."
• "Back to Back Theatre - Annual Report 2022"
  Back to Back Theatre Annual Report 2022 - Chair’s Report, international premiere of film SHADOW, continued international touring of original stage show THE SHADOW WHOSE PREY THE HUNTER BECOMES, continued touring GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH and THE DEMOCRATIC SET, premieres of new screen works FIRST RESPONDERS (ABC) and WHATEVER SCARES YOU (SBS), immersive installation DREAMS FEEL REAL WHEN YOU'RE IN THEM from Theatre of Speed, CAMP training weekends, creative development of new Back to Back work MULTIPLE BAD THINGS, ensemble member development of their own works.
• "High Beam Festival - The Tutti Ensemble Holdfast Choir in Concert with David Helfgott"
  Flyer reads "The Tutti Ensemble Holdfast Choir in Concert with David Helfgott with special guests Brian Gilbertson and Jennifer Kneale"
• "High Beam Awards For Literature And Music"
  Held concurrent with the High Beam Festival 2004, "The Awards are open to any person who has been resident in South Australia for a period of not less than one year prior to the closing date, who has a permanent disability and is eligible to be a client of Options Co-ordination."
• "Interview with Astrid Edwards"
  Astrid Edwards is a writer, publisher, lecturer, podcast host and disability advocate. Interview Summary Astrid Edwards, a former teacher and policy consultant, discusses in the interview how she pivoted her career towards writing and literature after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 32, inspiring her to focus on work she loves. Astrid talks about writing at RMIT University, working with a diverse cohort of students, (many of whom have disabilities or are writing about trauma), which she finds rewarding. Though her work includes advocacy roles and a focus on disability, she does not wish to be defined solely by her illness, emphasizing the importance of allowing disabled individuals the freedom to explore and create beyond their disabilities. Currently, Astrid says she is a judge for the Stella Prize and discusses exploring a potential PhD about publishing and climate fiction, expressing a passion for addressing climate change within her work.
• "Santa Claus Is Autistic"
  Reads, in part "Santa Claus is Autistic He makes a list and checks it twice Featuring the Spectrum Singers." Santa Claus is Autistic was independently created by Oliver Hetherington-Page.
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - SongCircleReport"
  The Song Circle Evaluation Report (2014), written by Kirsty Martin, reads "In 2013 a creative partnership was formed between Blue Roo Theatre Company Inc. and Opera Queensland’s Open Stage. The Arts Queensland and Centacare Disability Services Queensland funded partnership resulted in ‘Song Circle’, a song-based production performed over three days at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane."
• "Stepping Out - 1980"
  Australian Screen entry/clip for 'Stepping Out' 1980 - reads, in part "Romayne, a Sunshine Home drama group member, introduces us to the idiosyncrasies of some of the other members." - Press kit from Ronin Films available at http://web.archive.org/web/20231102095120/https://www.roninfilms.com.au/get/files/18222/stepping-out-original-1981-press-kit.pdf
• "Hannah Gadsby: Nanette| Official Trailer | Netflix"
  Hannah Gadsby: Nanette | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix - reads, in part "Behind every joke, there is a story. Hannah Gadsby’s award winning “Nanette” comes to Netflix June 19."
• "Hannah Gadsby: Something Special | Official Trailer | Netflix"
  Hannah Gadsby: Something Special | Official Trailer | Netflix - Netflix.com/HannahGadsbySomethingSpecial - reads,in part "Emmy and Peabody Award winning comedian Hannah Gadsby is back for their third Netflix comedy special, Something Special, and it's a feel good show. Seriously. In this smart and dare we say...feel good set, the comedian talks about a wedding (theirs!), more than one traumatic encounter with a bunny and much more. Filmed at the Sydney Opera House, Something Special premieres globally on Netflix on May 9."
• "Still Watching Netflix - Hannah Gadsby On The Insane Reactions She Received to Nanette | Douglas"
  reads, in part "When Nanette, Hannah Gadsby's 2018 Netflix speical, dropped it stirred up a lot of feelings. A lot were genuinely moved by it, and fell in love with Hannah. Then other, didn't. In this exclusive clip from Hannah's new special (Douglas, now streaming), she breaks down some of the DM messages she got."
• "The Silent Revenge - IMDB"
  The Silent Revenge' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Tale about the status degree of some incidents of the two deaf thugs who terrorized several innocent pass-by on street until was stopped by a main person who took revenge at them."
• "My Brother Vinnie - IMDB"
  My Brother Vinnie' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry
• "Noise - IMDB"
  Noise' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "This is a story about the wrong person in the right place at the wrong time. Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling." Simon Laherty plays a young man with a mental disability and another character suffers from tinnitus.
• "Touch the Sun - Captain Johnno - IMDB"
  Touch The Sun - Captain Johnno' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - "A deaf boy befriends an Italian fisherman in his village"
• "VisAbility Exhibition"
  Reads, in part "Bringing together a selection of recent acquisitions from the QUT Art Collection, Vis-ability: Artworks from the QUT Art Collection has been conceived as a project to broaden understanding of the lived experiences of people who are blind or with low vision."
• "Back to Back Theatre - You Tube - The Democratic Set (2012), uploaded 2013"
  Back to Back Theatre You Tube - The Democratic Set (Sydney 2012) - reads, in part "THE DEMOCRATIC SET is a rapid series of short live performances and screen-based video portraits created in collaboration with communities."
• "Back to Back Theatre - Website - About, captured 2008"
  Back to Back Theatre 'About' page, captured 2008 - reads, in part "Back To Back Theatre is a pioneering contemporary theatre company based in Geelong with a full-time ensemble of five actors considered to have an intellectual disability."
• "Rawcus Website, captured 2024"
  Rawcus website, captured 2024, reads, in part "Rawcus is a critically acclaimed long term ensemble of 14 performers with diverse minds, bodies and imaginations. For over 22 years, the company has been creating audacious performances and arts experiences." Links to productions, public program, watch, and archive sections.
• "Restless Dance - Master Classes"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Master Classes,' captured 2020 – reads, in part, "In 2019 Restless Impulse dancers and Company dancers will take part in workshops with Sydney Dance Company and Bangarra Dance Company."
• "Fusion Theatre Our Works, captured 2022"
  Fusion Theatre Our Work, captured 2022 - links to pages about past works, including A Long Way From Home, After the Beginning of Everything, The Beginning of Everything, A Place Called Maze, Microcosma, No Strongs Attached, Inside Out, The Color Project, Mind the Light, Facets of Us