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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 w ...
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Ep 8: Making a meaningful evaluation of the Ramps on the Moon project
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Clare Hammerton carried out the independent evaluation for the Ramps on the Moon consortium. In this episode, Michèle asks her about the challenges of evaluation (especially in a multi-partner project) as well as talking about why it’s so important and powerful. Clare puts the Ramps evaluation into the wider context of her work around empowerment a…
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EP 7: The important impact of having an AGENT FOR CHANGE in your theatre
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Ben Wilson and Aisling Gallagher have been Ramps on the Moon Agents for Change at Sheffield and Theatre Royal Stratford East respectively. They are both also independent theatre-makers. They give us a fascinating insight into what an Agent for Change does - and doesn’t do - to support organisational transformation, why being annoying, and why they …
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EP 6: Throwing down the gauntlet on Access with David Bellwood, Head of Access at The National Theatre
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Michèle talks to David Bellwood - Head of Access at The National Theatre Michèle and David discuss rigour around language and what it means for David to be a non-disabled person working in the area of ‘access’. David throws down the gauntlet: can he and Michèle find a word that can usefully replace ‘access’ by the end of the episode? They explore v…
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EP 5: Producing an accessible show with Eleanor Lang and Sean Brooks from Theatre Royal Stratford East
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Eleanor Lang and Sean Brooks are from Theatre Royal Stratford East. Eleanor is Executive Director and Sean is Deputy Producer and a freelance producer. Michèle asks the 64 million dollar question, “What is a Producer, anyway?” and gets a great answer in which Eleanor and Sean unpack the process. They discuss the growing recognition in the industry …
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EP 4: Anti-Ableism, Activism and the Arts with Andrew Miller MBE, UK Arts Access Champion, broadcaster and cultural consultant
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Amongst other things, Andrew Miller is the UK Arts Access Champion and a broadcaster and cultural consultant and commentator with an impressive CV. In this episode, Michèle asks Andrew about his career so far, and the ‘accidents and disappointments’ that got him to where he is now. Andrew talks about the moments of change that he’s been a part of, …
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EP 3: Making Work - The Artistic Side with Amy Leach, Deputy Artistic Director of Leeds Playhouse
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Disability equality leader, Michèle Taylor invites Amy Leach, Deputy Artistic Director at Leeds Playhouse to talk about her work as a director and how her approach has grown as a result of working with disabled and deaf performers. Amy talks about ‘packing on the muscle’ as a director, goosebumps moments, the team you might expect to find in a Ramp…
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EP 2: How do you start making it happen? With Dan Bates, former Chief Executive of Sheffield Theatres
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Disability equality expert, Michèle Taylor, talks to Dan Bates, former chief executive of The Crucible, Sheffield Playhouse and the Sheffield Lyceum.... asking him how he started to make it happen as a Ramps on the Moon partner. excited to be a part of Ramps on the Moon, the irony of scheduling the first Ramps meeting in a room with all sorts of ac…
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EP1: Welcome to Ramps on the Moon - an introduction! With Sarah Holmes, co-founder of Ramps on the Moon
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Welcome to the Ramps on the Moon Podcast. In this first episode, disability equality expert, Michèle Taylor invites Sarah Holmes into the recording studio to talk about how Ramps first started; from conception in 2015 to present day. Meeting together for the first time in a London train station café they both knew something very positive and exciti…
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