Dana's Welcome
- 3 Feb 10
All the latest opportunities from
DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts

Dana's Note................................................................................2
DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
Loads of website updates for you.....................................................2
Disability Arts News.....................................................................2
Short Breaks...............................................................................2
Opera Haiti.................................................................................3
Autism Friendly film screenings for families.......................................3
Associate Producer London 2012.....................................................3
Theatre Group.............................................................................4
DIY Theatre new play...................................................................4
Told by the wind..........................................................................5
Acting Courses for young deaf/BSL actors........................................5
Diversity Festival.........................................................................6
Jobs at Folly and Cornerhouse........................................................6
You dance, you perform competition................................................7
Sustained Theatre........................................................................7
Audio described events 2010..........................................................8
‘Fishpool' drama course...............................................................10
Arts Jobs...................................................................................10
Development Manager.................................................................10
Fundraising Co-ordinator..............................................................11
Disclaimer.................................................................................12

Any items for the next newsletter should be sent to news@dadahello.com or dana@dadahello.com by 3.00pm 9th Feb 10 Please keep the articles short (75 words or less is ideal), and in plain text format.
Dana's Note
Hello lovelies,
It's a slightly larger than usual newsletter for this week- with so much happening out there I didn't want you to miss a thing- so here it is, all for you.
Yours, Dana
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DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Loads of website updates for you!
If you haven't already taken a look, we've been uploading lots of video and new info to our site and there will be more to come soon. To view the video of Young DaDaFest 2009 follow the link: http://www.dadahello.com/young-dadafest/young-dadafest you can also read some of the staff blogs at: http://www.dadahello.com/news/blog We've got a lot of exciting things lined up for the future but we can't quite reveal all just yet...so keep in touch.
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Disability Arts News
Short Breaks
In partnership with The Greenhouse Project new and exciting opportunities to increase the range of Short Breaks offered to disabled children aged 8-12 and their families and friends. DRAMA Wednesdays 4.30-6PM (starts 3rd Feb) DANCE Thursdays 4.30-6pm (starts 4th Feb) FILM CLUB Saturdays 10.30am-3pm (starts 6th Feb) (bring a packed lunch). Feb Half term holiday: Drama, Arts and Creative Activity Sessions
10am - 1.30pm or 2 - 5.30pm Monday 15th to Friday 19th February ‘10
At The Greenhouse Project, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0TL. Please contact Pam on 726 8180 to book your place
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OPERA FOR HAITI
A concert of operatic and instrumental music. A benefit performance for the DEC's Haitian Earthquake appeal. Nick Hardy (tenor), Johnny Kennedy (radio star and tenor), John Peace (pianoforte), Edward D'Arcy Hatton (bass-baritone), Joanne Atherton (violin), Pamela Ashcroft (soprano) plus other exciting performers. Liverpool Parish Church
Our Lady & St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool Thursday 4th February 2010 @ 7.15pm. Tickets £8 on the door. (To reserve tickets phone or text 07747 494655)
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Autism Friendly Film Screenings for Families
At Bromborough Odeon, Croft Retail Park, Welton Road, CH62 3PN. Film starts 11am, Sat 6th February: "Bandslam" (Rated PG) £3.95 per child & 1 adult free. Siblings welcome. Pay at the cinema. Reduced Sound Levels, low lighting left on in the auditorium, move about, make noise or take a break. For more information contact Alex Shears on 0151 606 6864 or alexshears@wirral.gov.uk Odeon film line 0871 2244 007
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Associate Producer London 2012
CLP is offering a mid-career leadership placement to work alongside London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games are responsible for an ambitious range of cultural programmes within the Cultural Olympiad. London 2012 is taking this unique opportunity to celebrate and highlight the successes of the UK Disability Arts sector Unlimited a high-profile celebration of disability arts, culture and sport. London 2012 will build successful and diverse relationships with the international creative industries and arts sector; creating a legacy of opportunities for disabled people in the arts. We have created a placement for a disabled or Deaf person to train as a Producer.
During this annual placement you will work closely with the agency appointed to deliver Unlimited and the Culture Team at London 2012. In addition the Associate will also receive coaching and additional support through Sync Intensives and other contact with Sync leadership development. There will also be the potential for some peer support from the Leading in London placements also participating in the programme. For further information on Sync please go to www.culturalleadership.org.uk/sync-and-sync-100/. You will be a disabled or Deaf person with experience of having been a producer or practitioner in the disability arts, mainstream or creative sector. You should be able to work closely with artists and have an ability to create strong partnerships with the mainstream sector to develop and programme across all art forms and settings. You will be able to demonstrate: Proven track record in supporting and programming work by a diverse range of disabled artists across a variety of art forms; ability to build and manage partnerships; Interest in programming and creating showcases and festivals; and
an understanding of marketing and communications. Please ensure that you have downloaded the Placement description from: www.culturalleadership.org.uk/opportunities. To apply, please submit your CV (maximum 3 A4 sides) and a 1,000 word statement by email to: info@culturalleadership.org.uk In the subject line of your email, please specify Associate Producer, London 2012. In your statement please outline how you meet the Person Specification, detail why you want to undertake the placement at this stage in your career and how this experience would contribute to your leadership development. No application should be submitted without reading the placement description. To discuss the placement further, please contact Nicola Turner, Assistant Director on 0207 973 5116 or Nicola@culturalleadership.org.uk. Closing date for applications: 22nd February 2010. Interviews will be on 5th March 2010 at Arts Council England, Great Peter Street, London.
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Theatre group
Have you ever wanted to act? Then come along to our drama group no experience necessary! Everyone is welcome !!! For more details contact Mandy or Kev at breaka.leg78@googlemail.com join our facebook group break a leg Merseyside
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DIY Theatre new play
We are pleased to invite you to come and see a showcase of
IN OTHER WORDS (Extracts from two short plays). Wednesday 24 March 1.30pm & 5.30pm. Salford Arts Theatre, Kemsing Walk, Salford, M5 4BS Tickets: £4/£2 To book tickets & for information tel: 0161 212 4984 or email: diytheatre@googlemail.com We look forward to seeing you there!
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Told by the Wind
Created by Kaite O'Reilly, Jo Shapland, and Phillip Zarrilli
Artistic Consultants: Mari Boyd (Tokyo) and Peader Kirk (London)
PREMIERE: CHAPTER ARTS CENTRE, Market Road, Cardiff 8pm. 4-6 February (Thursday-Saturday), 2010. (www.chapter.org) "..takes the spectator to another time and place...beautiful and powerful performances." Duarte da Silva. Evora Festival, Portugal. Preview performance of TOLD, 2009. Two figures, two lives, multiple time spaces: TOLD BY THE WIND is a new performance of movement and text that ‘dances' an inner landscape. Inspired by East Asian and ‘post-dramatic' aesthetics, stories are evoked and told by embodied silences, splintered interactions, and slowed down motion.
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Acting Courses for young Deaf/BSL actors
ALRA (the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts), the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, SW18 3SX Acting for the Stage: Weekends in June, then 5 - 16 July, lead by David Ellington. Acting for Camera: 19 - 30 July, lead by Samuel Dore. To register and for more information contact Amy Smith: asmith@alra.co.uk | 020 8870 6475 These courses- Acting for the Stage and Acting for Camera- are a unique opportunity for Deaf young people who have a keen interest in acting but have never really known where to start. Both courses are absolutely free to participate in, thanks to funding from the LSC. This funding can also be used to supply accommodation to anyone coming to us from outside London. Each course is led by a Deaf artist who uses BSL, which ensures there is direct communication between the tutor and the students in their own language. This means students become fully immersed in the workshops, gain invaluable experience and have confidence in their skills as Deaf actors. The students do not need to have experience; we are looking for people who are open-minded, enthusiastic, have a keen interest in acting and are committed to undertaking either of these two-week long courses.
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Diversity Festival
The annual Diversity Festival hosted by the University of Chester includes over 40 events ranging from public lectures, exhibitions, music, theatre, workshops and debates. Open to anyone with an interest in debating and learning about diversity. Contact Darren Mooney on d.mooney@chester.ac.uk or 01244 51 1138 for further details or visit the website at: http://www.chester.ac.uk/about/diversity-and-equality/diversity-festival
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Jobs at Folly and Cornerhouse
Under the exciting new government initiative, Future Jobs Fund, there is currently the opportunity for young (aged 18-24), long-term unemployed people who may be eligible, to apply for any of the following three posts at folly in Lancaster: Marketing Assistant, AND Projects Assistant
Technical Assistant. Anyone fitting the above criteria should contact Jobcentre Plus in the first instance to find out further details of the scheme and to confirm their eligibility. Jobcentre Plus will provide further details on the posts and on how to make an application - see http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk Contact Elaine Buck, Lancaster Job Centre, 01524 302142
Job Opportunity 2 AND Festival Coordinator (Cornerhouse)
Abandon Normal Devices (AND), the major festival of new cinema and digital culture which made its debut in Liverpool in September 2009, is a partnership between FACT, Cornerhouse and folly. Based at Cornerhouse, the Festival Coordinator will work alongside the Festival Manager and the wider festival team to help deliver this major event. We are seeking someone with nerves of steel who is deadline focused and enjoys the 100 mile per hour thrill of working in a festival environment.
Salary: £16, 515 per annum pro rata (contract ends 30/11/2010)
Closing date for applications: Fri 12 February 2010, 16:30
Interviews: Thu 18 February 2010 Visit http://www.cornerhouse.org/jobs/ to find out more.
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You Dance, You Perform competition
Just a quick reminder about our fabulous competition to win the opportunity to perform on stage at Liverpool Playhouse as part of our Community Showcase on March 7th! There is only ONE WEEK left now to get your entries to us, so what are you waiting for? The competition dance categories are 14-24 years and Over 25's, the dance piece can include between 1-3 people. The dance should be accompanied by music and can be any preferred dance style to a maximum of 3 minutes long.
The dance piece can be recorded using a mobile phone, iphone or cam recorder and loaded on to a personal ‘You Tube' account (www.youtube.com). A link of the dance piece should then be emailed to info@mdi.org.uk with ‘You Tube Competition' in the subject line.
For more information please visit our website at www.mdi.org.uk
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Sustained Theatre
Sustained Theatre is an artist led initiative, funded by Arts Council England, which, as a result of Baroness Lola Young's Whose Theatre...? report, is tasked to develop the future infrastructure for BME theatre and artists. A network of artists is tasked with taking forward the recommendations of the report. At the centre of the network is the Sustained Theatre website. We are looking to award an individual, group or consortium the contract for ongoing development and maintenance of www.sustainedtheatre.org.uk, to lead on design and content development and maximise the potential of the website as a communication tool, which positively promotes Black and minority ethnic theatre and its work to the broader theatre/arts sector, regionally, nationally and internationally.
The changes planned for this key phase of the website's development is that responsibility for its maintenance will pass to Sustained Theatre from Arts Council England in April 2010. The project is funded for one year from April 2010 and will need to be independent and sustainable by April 2011.
A contract will be offered for one year for a fee of £10,000, with an additional sum available for content commissioning, and will be awarded to the digital agency able to offer an enterprising plan for the website's financial independence, growth and sustainability. Sustained Theatre is committed to diversity and equality, and we encourage applications from disabled people and Black and minority ethnic sectors. For further information on how to apply please contact isobel.hawson@artscouncil.org.uk.
The closing date for completed responses should be sent to
james.bellorini@artscouncil.org.uk by 12pm on Friday 5 March 2010.
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AUDIO DESCRIBED EVENTS 2010
February
2 High School Musical 2, Liverpool Empire Theatre, 7pm
3 Les Miserables Palace Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
4 Crossings Contact Theatre, Manchester 8pm
10 Absent Friends, Oldham Coliseum Theatre 7.30pm
11 Ghost Stories, Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm
13 Raisin in the Sun, Royal Exchange, Manchester 2.30pm
13 Calendar Girls, The Lowry, Salford 2pm
18 My Mother Said, Dukes, Lancaster 7.30pm
24 I Ought To Be in Pictures Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
27 I Ought To Be in Pictures Library Theatre, Manchester 3pm
28 Cinderella on Ice Royal Albert Hall 2pm
March
4 A Midsummer Night's Dream Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
13 1984 Royal Exchange, Manchester 4pm
14 Gallery Tour Imperial War Museum North, Salford 1.30pm
24 And A Nightingale Sang Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
27 Described talks and handling Chester Zoo 10am
30 Hansel and Gretel Everyman, Liverpool 7.30pm
31 And Did Those Feet... Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
April
7 Stones In His Pockets Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm
10 The Glass Menagerie Liverpool Playhouse 2.00pm
15 Descriptive Tour Gallery Oldham 11am
20 The Gift Dukes Theatre, Lancaster 7.30pm
23 Blood Brothers Empire Theatre, Liverpool 7.30pm
28 Comedians Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
29 Up On the Roof Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
May
5 Beautiful House Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
5 All Our Yesterdays Brindley , Runcorn 7.30pm
8 The Comedy of Errors, Royal Exchange, Manchester 4pm
13 Canary Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm
14 Desperate to be Doris Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
19 Desperate to be Doris Brindley, Runcorn 7.30pm
25 The Sound of Music Venue Cymru, Llandudno 7.30pm
26 Memory of Water Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
June
2 Rafta Rafta Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
4 Woman in Black, Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm
12 Pygmalion, Royal Exchange, Manchester 4pm
15 Whistle Down The Wind, Venue Cymru, Llandudno 7.30pm
23 The Hired Man, Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
July
1 Importance of Being Earnest Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
3 Importance of Being Earnest Library Theatre, Manchester 3pm
7 The Road to Nab End Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
8 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Empire Theatre, Liverpool 7.30pm
30 Described talks and handling Chester Zoo tbc
31 Charley's Aunt Royal Exchange, Manchester 4pm
August
11 Calendar Girls Venue Cymru, Llandudno 7.30pm
24 Hairspray Empire Theatre, Liverpool 7.30pm
December
5 Described talks and handling Chester Zoo tbc
15 Aladdin Liverpool Empire Theatre 7pm
16 Panto Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
18 Christmas Carol The Library at the Lowry 2.30pm
21 Christmas Carol The Library at the Lowry 2.30pm
30 Christmas Carol The Library at the Lowry 7pm
Most theatre performances will include a touch-tour about an hour before the performance. Customers should check with the Box Office or Mind's Eye for details. Please book for described performances or tours in advance. Audio brochures available for most theatres including the Octagon, the Lowry, the Royal Exchange, the Library and the Unity and Empire in Liverpool, also for the Royal Northern College of Music. New audio guide available from early February to accompany the Darwin Exhibition at the Manchester Museum. More dates being added all the time - please phone or email for details. Useful telephone numbers:-
Mind's Eye 01204 522481/07889 232438, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 0161 833 9833, Oldham Coliseum Theatre 0161 624 1731
Theatre by the Lake 017687 74411, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 0151 709 4776 Bolton Octagon Theatre 01204 520661, Liverpool Empire 0151 708 3222, VocalEyes 020 7375 1043, Palace Theatre, Manchester 0161 245 6605, Liverpool Empire Theatre 0151 708 3248, Library Theatre, Manchester 0161 236 7110, Imperial War Museum, North 0161 836 4000, Gallery Oldham 0161 770 4653, Brindley Arts Centre 0151 907 8360, DaDa Disability & Deaf Arts 0151 707 1733 The Dukes 01524 598500, The Lowry 0870 7875790, Venue Cymru 01492 872000, Contact Theatre 0161 274 0600, Chester Zoo 01244 650240. Anne Hornsby, Mind's Eye, 139 Bromwich Street, Bolton BL2 1LJ Anne.Hornsby@btinternet.com 01204 522481 07889 232438
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‘Fishpool' drama course
Wicked Fish will be running a six week drama workshop course
for people who have Learning Difficulties, every Wednesday
from 1.30pm to 3.15pm. These dates are: Wednesday 10 February, Wednesday, 17 February, Wednesday 24 February, Wednesday 3 March
Wednesday 10 March, Wednesday 17 March. The cost of these workshops will be £30 and is payable no later than Friday, 6 February.
If you would like to join this course please contact Sue O'Brien by Friday, 6 February. Wicked Fish, Gostins Building, 32-36 Hanover Street
Liverpool L1 4LN Tel: 0151 709 4343 / 0777 134 7998
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Arts Jobs
Development Manager
A vacancy has become available at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society for a Development Manager - Trusts & Foundations and Public Funding. This is a full time permanent position working with the Fundraising Department. This post-holder will be required to maximise income and support for Liverpool Philharmonic through the design and implementation of a Trust & Foundation and Public Funding Fundraising Programme. He or she will research, develop and manage key Trust & Foundation and Public Funder relationships. Candidates must have: A minimum of 2 years experience and a proven track record of writing successful proposals for, securing funding from and managing relationships with a range of charitable trusts and foundations (preferably including large institutional trusts). OR a minimum of 2 years experience and a proven track record of writing successful proposals, winning new business and client relationship management in a corporate environment. Experience of strategic planning and of managing the development, delivery and monitoring of annual plans and budgets. Experience in the use of research mechanisms and information management systems. Experience of working on cross-organisational projects. The salary for this post will be up to £24,480. The exact salary paid will be dependant on experience. For further details and an application form please contact: Debbie Blackwell, Head of Human Resources, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP (or e-mail: Debbie.blackwell@liverpoolphil.com)
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Fundraising Co-ordinator, Activate Arts
Hours: 16 hours per week. Salary: £15,500 pro rata - rising to £18,500 within 12 months based upon achievement of targets. Activate Arts Ltd - www.activatearts.com. We are seeking an experienced fundraising officer to support our development through a comprehensive and pro-active range of fundraising and bid writing activities. You will research funding opportunities from a variety of sources and write bids for a broad range of funders. The post holder will be responsible for all elements of fundraising as well as having responsibility for dealing with initial enquiries, monthly financial reporting and developing fundraising proposals. Previous administration experience, a good basic education and excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Experience of working in a fundraising environment is desirable. The main responsibilities of the post will be: Identification of funding sources, proposal and bid writing, assistance with funder relations, project reporting to funders, develop and strengthen relationships with current and past funder, update and maintain fundraising database, communicate with potential funders and donors, general administrative support to the Chief Executive, dealing with initial enquiries relating to fundraising, meeting with funders and potential clients. Please email your CV and a Covering letter to viv@activatearts.com or Hill House, Archway Road, Huyton, L36 9XB. T: 0151 4824884
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