Working Parts

I really enjoyed my first promotion, I was a bit nervous at first. It was a great night, and people said it was, “Fantastic, Funny and Brilliant. Over 75 people came, so there was plenty to do. I had a job of doing the box office as well as announcing John Smith to the audience. I thank Rob for helping, but next time I will get more people involved. I would of liked to of made the comedian a cup of tea and have time to find out how they were feeling. Afterwards, everyone was asking, when was the next show and are you putting John Smith on again. I am thinking that my next show will be sometime in April. I will use Brook Street in Tipton because it has a bar. To help decide what show would be next, I used forms to ask people what they wanted. I gave them a choice of Comedy, BSL theatre and Mime; 18 people wanted BSL theatre, unsurprisingly 25 thought Comedy would be best and a few liked the idea of Mime. Black Country Touring have helped us to get the club back together again, more people are coming each week. It’s great that deaf people and their friends and family are enjoying themselves and that the club is attracting younger people.

On Friday Dec 3 you are very welcome to join people and groups from the Wolverhampton Disability Network. Together they will be celebrating International day of disabled people. They will be watching a wealth of films by disabled people including the Oskar Bright film festival, which has brought films by learning disabled people to the attention of the nation, winning many awards along the way. If you get there in the morning you can get involved in making a banner for your disability group. Groups who are involved include Our time, Our talk and Neil Docherty Centre. A big thank you to Vicky Gunn for supporting the banner making workshops which are currently touring Wolverhampton. If you are not already involved then join us at 10.30 am till 1.00 pm for a banner making workshop. which has been made possible by the Wolverhampton Disability Network and promises to be the highlight of the day if you want to participate rather than spend all your time in the cinema! At lunchtime their will be a tasty lunch and a unique presentation of song by Expressions Choir, who will be just back from performing in Liverpool at Dadafest – the international festival of deaf and disability arts. The fun starts at 10.30 till 3pm. Contact Kevin Bailey for info. Why not join working parts and send him a message!! or try disabilitynetwork@1voice.org.uk

Watch this space for the video Peter Chaplin is making for the Wolverhampton Disability Network with groups participating in the banner making workshops.

Our Talk prepare for the presentation of their banner on International day of disabled people at the Lighthouse in Wolverhampton on Dec 3. There will be events organised by the Wolverhampton Disability Network, Including films from Oscar bright, songs by Expression choir and performance from no nonsense. Contact the Lighthouse in wolverhampton to find out more. Before the visuals above we asked the group what was important to them, the words will be layed on top of the images for the final banner.

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Go to the Deaf Cultural Centre for a free networking and sharing day for the Deaf/disability arts sector
Monday 29th November 2010 10 – 4pm
You will meet:

• Tanya Raabe on her artistic practice and recent projects Gemma Fairlie and Sophie Woolley from Tin Bath Theatre Company on creative digital captioning
• Rachel Freeman from Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company on work with disabled dancers in Hong Kong, China and Cambodia
• Alison Smith of Pesky People presents OLILI, a digital platform for cultural organisations to engage Disabled/Deaf audiences

An open event for artists and organisations working Deaf/disability arts, or those looking to programme or develop more Deaf/disability arts. Hosted by the Deaf Cultural Centre, Ladywood Road, Birmingham, B16 8SZ Lunch and refreshments provided. Interested?
Please contact: Alison Breadon, Arts Officer alison.breadon@deafculturalcentre.com Please tell us your name and organisation (if relevant), and any access needs it would be useful to know about in advance.