The Acts
The Acts
2024
Barbican - The Pit
Overview
A searingly honest, bold, and gripping piece of theatre, bringing together performances from some of the UK’s most exciting disabled theatre makers and companies.
Join us inside the walls of a bustling but dysfunctional theatre, where the acts are hard at work on their latest productions: a solo show about love, joy, and cancer; a comedy about the ways neurodivergent people are expected to sell their stories for the stage; a multisensory meditation on isolation and moon landings; and a dynamic live art show about empowerment and agency.
In a landscape of intense time pressures, and shoestring budgets, the performers are overstretched and under-supported. Perhaps we need an artistic revolution?
Director
Jamie Hale
Set & Costume Design
Damien Stanton
Lighting Design
Al Simpson
SOUND DESIGN
Oliver Vibrans
Phoebe Kemp
Creative Caption Design
Rachel Sampley
Assistant Director
Rudzani Moleya
BSL Consultant
David Ellington
Producer
Caitlin Richards
Development Producer
Jack Wakely
Production Coordinator
Luke Rogers
Stella Kailides