Disability Arts Online

29/09/2025

Looking for a unique event this Halloween?

Join us on Zoom for Joanna Holland’s Reverie, a dreamlike soundscape which blurs the lines between the real and the fantastical. A haunting tale of love, loss and unpredictability – with devastating consequences. Reverie is inspired by Joanna’s lived experience of chronic illness and a repetitive nightmare; an autofictional work which shares how it feels to live, fly and fall with autoimmunity.

This online event will feature the soundscape, followed by a live discussion and Q&A with Joanna and collaborator Hannah Wallis on the wider themes, and making of, the work.

Date: 31 October 2025
Time: 4pm - 5:20pm
Price: Free

🔗 Book your ticket at https://disabilityarts.online/events/reverie-a-dream-of-autoimmunity-soundscape-and-live-discussion/

29/09/2025

Join Paul Wilshaw for an Our Right to Thrive webinar.
This webinar is for disabled writers who are interested in learning more about the self-development and support of the community of people with learning difficulties.

When - 03 October
Where - Online
Cost - Free

https://disabilityarts.online/events/our-right-to-thrive-webinar-with-paul-wilshaw/

29/09/2025

Many Lifetimes is a poetic new dance-installation from interdisciplinary dance company Yewande 103, accompanied by live music from Bianca Wilson and Femi Oriogun-Williams.

When - 23-24 Oct
Where - London
Cost - From £17

A community of transforming solos by Yewande 103. Join us for a gently-paced evening of mesmerising solos – where you will witness movement tenderly transforming between one performer and the next. Many Lifetimes is a poetic new dance-installation from interdisciplinary dance company Yewande 103, ...

26/09/2025

Discover the debut book from this year’s London Literature Festival co-curator Rebecca Lucy Taylor – aka Self Esteem – in conversation with Dolly Alderton.

When - 01 Nov
Where - London
Cost - From £20

Discover the debut book from this year’s London Literature Festival co-curator Rebecca Lucy Taylor – aka Self Esteem – in conversation with Dolly Alderton. In her extraordinary debut, with her trademark lyricism and razor-sharp wit, Mercury Prize-nominated musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Tayl...

26/09/2025

📣Calling all disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent artists, inclusive arts organisations and disability arts freelancers! Did you know that we’ve just relaunched our DAO Directories?

We've been hard at work revamping our popular Artists and Organisations Directories. We’ve also added a brand new Freelancers Directory for anyone working in wider roles within disability arts and culture.

Join today to promote your work and be part of the DAO community. Plus it’s completely free to use.

Find out more and create your profile.

Artists, freelancers and organisations in the arts and culture sector are invited to join the Disability Arts Online (DAO) Directories. We've revamped our popular directories for artists and organisations and added a brand new directory for freelancers. Visit the DAO Directory main page where you c...

26/09/2025

Geoff Dyer delivers the 2025 New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize Lecture, asking whether the novel is still ‘the one bright book of life’.

When - 02 Oct
Where - London
Cost - From £20

The writer delivers the 2025 New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize Lecture, asking whether the novel is still ‘the one bright book of life’. For his talk Dyer goes back to the title source, to the claims made by D. H. Lawrence exactly one hundred years ago, in his eponymous essay, and look…

25/09/2025

Attitude is Everything is looking for passionate people to join its Trustee team and contribute their skills to the development of this highly ambitious, industry-leading organisation.

Closing - 07 October
Location - Remote
££ - Voluntary

We are looking for passionate people to join our Trustee team and contribute their skills to the development of our highly ambitious, industry-leading organisation. First and foremost, we’re looking for people who are passionate about equal access to music and live events, and who will fully get b...

24/09/2025

Black Sabbath – The Ballet is a spectacular theatrical experience, featuring thrilling dance and original Black Sabbath recordings (including Paranoid and Iron Man) alongside full orchestrations of their work and original orchestral compositions inspired by the sound of metal – all performed live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.

When - 22-25 October
Where - Sadler's Wells
Cost - From £15

Turn up the volume on Birmingham’s musical legacy as Black Sabbath meets ballet After a sell-out opening season in 2023 and international tours in 2024 and 2025, Carlos Acosta is turning up the volume on Birmingham’s musical legacy once more when Black Sabbath – The Ballet returns this autumn....

24/09/2025

Join Isabelle Gapomo for a gallery-based talk examining intersectional code-switching between sign languages in Black Deaf communities.

When - 02 October
Where - Wellcome Collection
Cost - Free

Join Isabelle Gapomo for a gallery-based talk examining intersectional code-switching between sign languages in Black Deaf communities. Code-switching is a term for the practice of navigating the overlapping realities of Deafness, race and cultural identity by adapting communication depending on the...

23/09/2025

The 2025 Kitchen Carnival is available to watch online now, celebrating the Trinidadian ‘Ole Mas’ character of the Burrokeet. The Kitchen Carnival enables Disabled people to take part in Carnival activities from our own homes, creating our own costumes and filmed performances, and bringing them together in one ‘parade’. It was founded by Together 2012 CIC with international Carnival artist Clary Salandy.

When - 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Where - Online
Cost - Free

The 2025 Kitchen Carnival is available on YouTube now https://youtu.be/RHXjqORABIg, celebrating the Trinidadian ‘Ole Mas’ character of the Burrokeet. Founded by Together! 2012 CIC in 2021 working with international Carnival artist Clary Salandy, the Kitchen Carnival enables Disabled people to ta...

23/09/2025

Join Julie Farrell for an Our Right to Thrive webinar that will look at the lived experience of disabling barriers from a creative, neurodivergent perspective.

When - 29 September
Where - Online
Cost - Free

https://disabilityarts.online/events/our-right-to-thrive-webinar-with-julie-farrell/

23/09/2025

Half Light tells the story of a mother and her son, of a storm and a sunrise, love, protection, and the difficult art of letting go. It invites you to awaken your senses and tune into a reality where movement is revealed in sound.

When - 28 October
Where - The Place, London
Cost - £20/£16/£0

Immerse yourself in a world where sight is not assumed. Half Light tells the story of a mother and her son, of a storm and a sunrise, love, protection, and the difficult art of letting go. It invites you to awaken your senses and tune into a reality where movement is…