And today is International Day of Persons with Disability (not our choice of words, but we’re not arguing with the United Nations). As they say: Persons with disabilities, “the world’s largest minority”, often face barriers to participation in all aspects of society. Barriers can take a variety of forms, including those relating to the physical [...]
Relax back and watch 90 seconds of Ramesh Meyyappan pushing himself through the aches and pains of stunning aerial feats and in playful repose. ‘Fear’ isn’t a word in Ramesh Meyyappan’s vocabulary – but risk taking is. Here he describes his work on his Unlimited commission, Skewered Snails, and considers the impact that Deaf and [...]
Our PUSH ME documentary is coming to Bradford! Yup – you don’t have to sit and watch it on your little computer screen – you can watch it in full beautiful enormous loveliness at the National Media Museum in Bradford on the 3rd December – as part of International Day of People with Disability. It’s [...]
It’s all kicking off today – Total Permission, our 30 minute documentary on the Unlimited Projects is up in The Space – AND the documentary and the PUSH ME project are one of Arts Council England’s new case studies celebrating 18 years of lottery funding and showcasing just what lottery cash can do.
We aren’t the only ones counting down – Watershed, the executive producers of PUSH ME are also on a roll, showing one PUSH ME short a day too until 2nd Dec and then hosting the cinema premiere of the documentary Total Permission at their base in Bristol.
Did you catch this one too? Amazing physical theatre skills, amazing ariel skills – all in all an amazing piece. Suspended high in the air on ropes, Ramesh Meyyappan talks about his latest production, Skewered Snails – the darkly comic tale of a dysfunctional family powerfully told through his extensive and imaginative physicality, and that [...]
Each month, Arts Council England includes some feedback from its own staff about work they’ve seen – and this month they are talking about Unlimited – so for example, here’s what Lucy Murray, Relationship Manager, Theatre had to say about Mad Gyms and Kitchens by Bobby Baker:
It is with immense pride (and quite a bit of sweat) we can finally announce that all our 12 PUSH ME artists now have their first 90 second films in The Space!
Thought it might be useful to look at some of the influences on our PUSH ME artists – to look at where their work sits and what it can be compared to. It’s always going to be a subjective take, as we all read different things into the work that we see, and gain impact [...]
A number of the fantastic artists involved with PUSH ME are pushing their stuff out there this month in the lead up to September’s big showcase at the Southbank. We’ve been hard at work reading and collating some of the reviews of the on Disability Arts Online so you can find them all in one [...]
“If we get the festival right, people will remember 2012 not just for amazing sport, but for unforgettable art as well.” So says London 2012 Festival Director Ruth Mackenzie in the hot-off-the-press official guide to the London 2012 Festival – and we agree, especially in relation to our artists!
The Unity Festival is featuring the Unlimited Commissions of a number of artists and companies including some of those within PUSH ME. Hijinx Theatre’s Unity Festival is Wales’ international inclusive arts festival, now in its fifth year. There is a great programme of comedy, theatre, children’s shows, dance, cabaret, street theatre, music, workshops, talks and [...]
Not many people can shimmy up a rope, give it a few twists and then sit – silent and poised. Ramesh Mayyappan can, and once there he can also create of what we, the audience, might see if we were up there too, within the world of his piece Skewered Snails.
‘At the heart of the show, of course, is Ramesh’s absolutely captivating, compelling performance. His assured, physicality is all the more remarkable, given that much of the choreography — and there really isn’t a better term for the seemingly effortless quality of his precise, graceful movement — takes place some 20 feet above a [...]
With PUSH ME we get to feature the work of some fabulous artists and companies. Want to know which ones? Then read on… We have Mish Weaver/Stumble Dance Circus with Box of Frogs giving us a poignant, original and funny exploration of passion and disappointment - a Bipolar Circus, a manically depressed form of entertainment (its their pic here), Bobby [...]