RAMPS ON THE MOON PODCAST

Disability equality leader, Michèle Taylor, steers the Ramps on the Moon podcast into the heart of mainstream theatre. With special guests, she discovers the joys, the frustrations, the successes, and the learning in elevating disabled people into the centre of theatre work.

Join Michèle as she shares the realities of the ‘now’ and what the future can hold for disability equality in the arts.Michèle is a disability equality trainer and consultant who set up her own business in 1992 to work with arts and other cultural organisations.

She has seen immense change across the sector in that time, and is still impatient for more:“It’s time to focus on anti-ableism: recognising that as disabled people, we are no longer satisfied with being granted access into an essentially ableist sector. I am proud of the Ramps on the Moon partners for the work they have done to reflect on their own structures and processes, and to share their learning.”

Contributors

Host

Michèle Taylor

Michèle Taylor has been Director for Change for Ramps on the Moon since the Consortium was convened. For the last 7 and a half years, she has been supporting the partner theatres to embed disability equality into their organisations and to realise their ambitions around elevating disabled people across the mainstream industry. In 2022 Michèle was honoured with an MBE For Services to Theatre and Disabled People .

Michèle is a disability equality trainer and consultant who set up her own business in 1992 to work with arts and other cultural organisations. She has seen immense change across the sector in that time, and is still impatient for more:

Over the years, Michèle has worked with clients such as The British Museum, The Royal Opera House, The University of Gothenberg, Cultural Heritage Without Borders and the BBC. She sits on a number of boards, including UK Theatre, and has a national profile in this area of work.