It will be an opportunity to: participate in seminars and practical workshops in dance, theatre, visual arts, audience development and community cultural development acknowledge, share and network with other practitioners and administrators be inspired by innovative and groundbreaking programs, ideas and facilitators
Key note speakers and performers at the conference include: Tabitha Allum Chief Executive of STAGETEXT, an organisation established in 2000 to promote and provide captioning in theatre across the United Kingdom so that deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people have full access to live performance. Tim McCallum, singer and actor, who after an accident was left paralysed from the chest down with only partial use of his arms. He has gone on to perform in Les Miserables, The Sound of Music, Sweeney Todd and the musical Rent. Pat Rix, Artistic Director of Tutti Ensemble, a recognised leader in community cultural development and disability culture in South Australia. Australian Theatre of the Deaf, the only professional deaf company in Australia performing ‘Futures’.