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Fish Police performing at Club Tropicana developed as part of ADN Galway

Arts and Disability Networking Galway


Arts and Disability Networking (ADN) Galway aims to increase local capacity in the area of arts and disability.

ADN offers training and support to personnel from venues and arts organisations as well as individual artists as a means of extending the scope of arts and disability practices, and promotes the presentation of high quality professional arts and disability work in local venues.

ADN Galway took place in 2011 and the main activities of the programme were:

  • Disability Equality Training (DET): a full-day session delivered to 15 personnel from professional and community-based venues, galleries, theatres and other arts organisations
  • Access audits: detailed audits of key venues in Galway city, including the Town Hall Theatre, the Black Box, Nuns Island and the Galway Arts Centre
  • Blue Teapot Theatre Company: commission with writer Len Collin to develop a screenplay (dramaturgical support from Fishamble Theatre Company)
  • Soundscape Music Project: DJ and VJ workshops with UK group Heart n Soul song-writing workshop with UK group Fish Police
  • Club Tropicana nightclub at Black Box, including presentation of the output from the above-listed workshops
  • Accessible performance: audio description and captioning at a performance of Sebastian Barry’s “The Pride of Parnell Street” (Fishamble) at the Town Hall Theatre.

ADN Galway involves a creative partnership between the Arts Council, Arts & Disability Ireland, Galway City and County Councils in association with the arts and disability sectors in Galway.

Padraig Naughton, director of Arts & Disability Ireland, Gavin Kostick, Dramaturge, Fishamble: The New Play Company, Emer Macken, actor, the Blue Teapot theatre company,screenwriter Len Collin and members of the BLue Teapot theatre group pictured outside the Blue Teapot HQ announcing the unique writers commission whereby Len will write a film screenplay which will be publically premiered as part of Culture Night 2011. The project is thanks to a collaboration between Arts and Disability Networking and Fishamble. Photo: Reg Gordon

Blue Teapot Theatre Company with Len Collin, writer in residence for ADN Galway

It was just WOW!

Actors from Blue Teapot Theatre Company

Actors from Blue Teapot Theatre Company

Staged reading of 84 at Culture Night Galway

Blue Teapot Theatre Company actors, Paul, Kieran and Valerie during a staged reading of ’84’ for Culture Night in Galway. ’84’ was developed as part of ADN Galway 2011

 

Photograph by David Ruffles

Clubber enjoying Club Tropicana at the Black Box Galway 2011

Photograph by David Ruffles

DJ’s and VJ’s performing at Club Tropicana developed by ADN Galway 2011


Arts and Disability Networking Galway

That’s life is an arts, leisure and personal development programme of Brothers of Charity Services, Galway.

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Arts and Disability Networking Galway

Blue Teapot is a multi-award winning Theatre Company, Performing Arts School and Outreach programme for people with intellectual disabilities at the forefront of arts & disability in Ireland. Based in Galway, Blue Teapot are committed to high quality theatre, training and the celebration of creativity.

www.blueteapot.ie

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