Access Community Group

 The magic of theatre should be enjoyed by everyone.  

Theatr Clwyd is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment within the theatre and help is needed to shape the milestone for the theatre moving back into the building in 2025. 

We are looking for individuals who are Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent DDN that are passionate about accessibility with the arts and who can play a crucial role in shaping this vision with Theatr Clwyd. Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent DDN people have first hand experience and understanding of the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing theatre. 

Partnerships with disabled-run organisations can also bring a vital insight to disabled peoples lived experiences and if you are an organisation who supports Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent people you can also apply for this call out. 

If you are a Deaf, Disabled, and/or Neurodivergent DDN person or an organisation who works closely with DDN people and are interested in the arts then we would love to hear from you and have a conversation about how to get involved. 

Vision for the group  

• By participating, individuals and/or organisations can share their experiences of accessing Theatr Clwyd and how we can improve things for the future of the Theatre.

• This might be helping us on how to book tickets, how to move through spaces, how to make participatory activities like workshops more accessible, help with best recruitment practices, how do we market our work (these are only examples). As a group we would love to come up with an agenda and themes that resonate with you as a group. This is very much a people centred approach.

• These meetings can help track progress and allow for continuous dialogue about accessibility challenges within Theatr Clwyd company. This means that all senior leadership team will come to one meeting a year so that all aspects of the theatre can be discussed and hopefully improved.

• You will have access to our Theatr Clwyd on stage productions and events: Watching shows, coming to rehearsals when appropriate and getting to know some of the theatre making processes. We believe that it's important to share how things are made, and the process we currently use and those we plan to introduce. Some sessions will be focussed on front of house or backstage – all aspects of the theatre!)

• We will be having discussion and share good practise that can be helpful to create more accessible spaces and feeling within the theatre for the future.

What does it mean to be part of this group?  

• Commitment to 3/4 meetings a year 2025 – dates confirmed: 18^th of July / 10^th of September / 10^th of December.

• Time of meeting are at the moment: 2 - 5pm (but if this needs to change, we can be flexible depending on the group)

• All meetings are 2/3 hours long (with lots of breaks for snacks and tea and coffee) with sometime an additional show for us to watch together.

• 2 FREE tickets for each Theatr Clwyd produced shows for you to use anytime throughout the run. In return we ask for a short blog/notes or feedback on your experience of coming to the theatre.

• Flexible paid approach for all: We recognise that some participants may not require payment, and we are open to having conversations about this. We offer £50 a meeting and if we ask for any additional meetings or feedback we will pay accordingly for your time.

• Transport payments are available where required, and we can support people to come to this group if meetings are held in person. We can have an open conversation about this and how best to support you

• Access support to join meetings online/in person or visits to the theatre  

• We are looking for 8 individuals to join this group from our local community or if you work as part of an organisation you can submit an interest: If you are from an organisation you can apply for 2 places (we encourage deaf, disabled, neurodiverse people to be part of the organisations). 

• This is a 2-year commitment from June 2025 - 2027 

Next steps:

If you are interested get in touch with a letter or voice note, phone call or video to express your interest by 30 May.

Dates for interview: 5 June and we can support you with any access or financial needs for this interview that can be held in person or online. We might call back people for a second informal chat the following week.

If you are successful following interview… 3pm – 6pm at the theatre 18 June (induction and get to know us at the theatre) as part of this there is an invitation for you to join us at the audio described performance of Tick Tick Boom performance at 7.30pm. We would love your feedback on the production and audio described performance and it would be lovely to watch theatre together!  Here is the show theatrclwyd.com/event/tick-tick-boom and more about audio described: Accessible Performances | Theatr Clwyd

If you need any further information please contact:

Gwennan Mair – Director of Creative Engagement
gwennan.mair@theatrclwyd.com  

Apply

If you are interested get in touch with a letter or voice note, phone call or video to express your interest by 30 May

Please send your letter or video application to: apply@theatrclwyd.com

Or send a voice note or contact us on: 07377165950