Friday 3 October
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Ledger Studio
£5
BSL
Disability theatre presentation
Belfast
This workshop will reflect on the last 25 years of disability arts and disability-led theatre. It will explore ‘The Wr0nG W0m3N, makin’ Wr0nG work for the Wr0nG audiences’ from Julie’s experiences.
Julie McNamara (Mack) is a QueerCrip, working class Butch Dyke, and a prolific playwright, theatre and filmmaker. Her creative mayhem, and commitment to disability activism, has led to her receiving many awards in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Julie founded the London Disability Film Festival with Caglar Kimyoncu, which was hosted at the British Film Institute. She was founder and creative drive behind Vital Xposure, a disability-led touring theatre working for social justice from 2010 to 2020.
You can also watch JulieMac performing in Bounce on Saturday 4 October at 8:00 pm: Rapture and Repulsion in the Crescent Arts Centre.
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