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.”
Episodes
Ep 14: Rachel Sharpe from the RSC - Head of Co-Creation, Creative Learning and Engagement
Ep 13: Maximillian Fairley - Screen and stage actor - starring in ITV show 'Unforgotten'
Ep 12: The Production Exchange team on their journey to an anti-ableist organisation
Ep 11: Mat Fraser, stage and screen actor, writer, drummer and anti-ableist activist
Ep 10: Amy Trigg, actor, writer and Olivier Awards winner joins the conversation
Ep 9: Zak Ford-Williams, screen and stage actor (Bridgerton,The Hardacres)
Ep 8: Making a meaningful evaluation of the Ramps on the Moon project
EP 7: The important impact of having an AGENT FOR CHANGE in your theatre
EP 6: Throwing down the gauntlet on Access with David Bellwood, Head of Access at The National Theatre
EP 5: Producing an accessible show with Eleanor Lang and Sean Brooks from Theatre Royal Stratford East
EP 4: Anti-ableism activism with Andrew Miller MBE, UK Arts Access Champion
EP 3: Making Work - The Artistic Side with Amy Leach, Deputy Artistic Director of Leeds Playhouse
EP 2: How do you start making it happen? With Dan Bates, former Chief Executive of Sheffield Theatres
EP1: Welcome to Ramps on the Moon - an introduction! With Sarah Holmes, co-founder of Ramps on the Moon