Categories All (208)News (68)Blog (37)Arts and Access (8)Events (18) Archive 2025 (11)2024 (18)2023 (26)2022 (24)2021 (20)2020 (31)2019 (10)2018 (14)2017 (19)2016 (7)2015 (3) More news from DaDaFest 17 Jan 2024 News Arts and Access Events Rushton Lecture Reflections For those who couldn’t attend, or just want to reflect back on key points raised, we wanted to offer a short summary of some of the key topics covered at the DaDa annual Edward Rushton Social Justice lecture. Read More > 9 Feb 2022 Press Release: DaDa Holograms DaDa releases details about their R&D project looking into augmented reality BSL holograms Read More > 30 Oct 2021 DaDa: Theatre Makers Lab Find out more about DaDa Theatre Makers from participant, Elaine Collins Read More > 13 Oct 2021 Blog Arts and Access Access Riders – some tips from our Digital Producer Access initiatives we use at DaDa include Access Riders, find out more in a blog from Joe Read More > 23 Apr 2021 Hip Hop Dance For All – the participants get dancing! Hip Hop Dance For All workshops commence with facilitator, Nathan Geering Read More > 30 Mar 2021 Artist Blog: Callum Jones on the DaDaFest Ensemble With applications currently open to join the DaDaFest Ensemble, hear from one of our current members Read More > 26 Mar 2021 Zoom sessions and composing at a distance: DDF Ensemble in lockdown Find out how the Ensemble has kept the music coming through lockdown Read More > 16 Nov 2020 Festival Line-up Artist Vlog: Amina Atiq Ahead of the premiere of her new film at DaDaFest International, Amina Atiq tells us about her process and journey with DaDaFest. Read More > 10 Aug 2020 Explore new digital work by disabled artists! Some new online exhibits from our friends and supported artists Read More > 16 Jul 2020 DaDaFest Commissions Throwback As we commission 15 new projects for inclusion in DaDaFest events, here's a look back at previous ones. Read More > 5 Jun 2020 Lockdown Playlist II: Food for Thought Talks, discussions and more to help you explore disability arts from home. Read More > 7 May 2020 Blog Arts and Access Accessibility, Art and Augmented Reality... An art/accessibility tech travelogue from DaDaFest Engagement Coordinator, David. Read More > 13 Apr 2020 DaDaFest's Self-Isolation Playlist Media from disabled artists we’ve been enjoying during lockdown Read More > 16 Mar 2020 Artist Development: A research trip to Ancient Egypt Jordan Connerty, a writer on our Artist Development programme, tells us all about his DaDaFest-funded research trip to the Saatchi Gallery's unique Tutankhamun exhibition. Read More > 26 Feb 2020 News Blog Meet our advisors: Leona With applications to join our DaDaFest Advisors currently open, get to know team-member, Leona! Read More > 20 Jan 2020 News Blog Disability History Month: Our Journey Following on from Disability History Month in December, our newest recruit, Sarah, sat down with our longest-serving member of staff, Barry, to look back over our journey so far. Read More > 29 Oct 2019 Blog Meet the Artist: Jordan Connerty In this Q and A, we speak to artist Jordan and mentor Meg about how the development of Jordan's theatre piece is coming along... Read More > 30 Aug 2019 Blog Meet the Artist: Pierce Starre We talked to live artist Pierce Starre about 'Spill Yer Tea', owning their dyslexia and growing up as a Child of Deaf Adults. Read More > 23 Jul 2019 Blog How to get the most out of a placement Maraiga has just landed her first role as a Collections Officer at the Lightbox Gallery in Sussex after completing one of our taster placements. Read More > 25 Jun 2019 Blog About ‘Music for Friends’: Ben Lunn Ben Lunn talks about, ’Music for Friends’, a new commission by DaDaFest and performed by DaDaFest Ensemble at DaDaFest Scratch on 11 July at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Read More > 25 Jun 2019 Blog Meet Award-Winning Composer Carmel Smickersgill Carmel Smickersgill and Ben Lunn are collaborating on a new composition called ‘Music for Friends’ which will premiere at DaDaFest Scratch on 11 July. Read More > 29 Apr 2019 Blog Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher: Meet Helen We hit the streets on International Dance Day to celebrate with Helen, a dancer, choreographer and teacher on our Artist Development programme. Read More > 26 Mar 2019 Blog Meet Our Artists: Bethany Bethany is a young writer and performer on the DaDaFest Artist Development programme. We chatted to Bethany about what she gets up to and find out some of her highlights from the past few years... Read More > 25 Jun 2018 Blog Our journey with Young DaDaFest I’m excited for this year’s event because I haven’t performed for Young DaDaFest before, and this is my first year as part of the Ensemble! Read More > 30 Apr 2018 Blog DaDaFest get a new website We’re so thrilled to launch our new website. Read More >
