Chaotic Canal
Project Supported by Arts Council England, Birmingham Rep, Modify Productions and Black Country Touring.
Chaotic Canal is an explosion of heritage and history created by Lucy C Hayward with a D/deaf and/or disabled led team, including poet Katie Walters, ballet dancer Ben Randall, musician Gareth Churchill, director Kate Lovell, musical director Kathryn Sturman and designer Nikki Charlesworth.
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Chaotic Canal is focused around how the canals have developed and changed over the past 100 years. Each artist will explore a different element of the canal, taking inspiration from:
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This project is about collaboration, sharing each person's experience within performance, choreography and
music. Supporting each other so that we can develop an understanding of the effect of access for different people.
Enabling more children, parents and carers to engage with a combined access performance.
The play will be site specific and accessible for children who are blind and visually impaired, D/deaf and hard of hearing. Our combined access will draw on creative captions, choreography, and multisensory theatre. The multisensory environment will introduce non-disabled children to enhanced access and enable artists to
gain a better understanding of how to build access within their work.
music. Supporting each other so that we can develop an understanding of the effect of access for different people.
Enabling more children, parents and carers to engage with a combined access performance.
The play will be site specific and accessible for children who are blind and visually impaired, D/deaf and hard of hearing. Our combined access will draw on creative captions, choreography, and multisensory theatre. The multisensory environment will introduce non-disabled children to enhanced access and enable artists to
gain a better understanding of how to build access within their work.
Project Background
As members of the disabled community, we face barriers on a daily
basis. Despite calls of accessibility and gradual development in
accessing cultural locations and experiences, there is still a
widespread lack of understanding about the different needs of
people with different disabilities. When researching
communities who lived and worked on the canals in the early
1900s, it becomes apparent that the way these communities were
treated by mainstream society has similarities to the attitudes
experienced by disabled people today.
Research and Development
Over our Research and Development Week in September 2021 we explored:
Our second Research and Development week takes place in July 2022.
For more information about this project please contact:
Lucy C Hayward, Director: lucy@lucychayward.co.uk
Joanna Morley, Producer: joanna@lucychayward.co.uk
Logo created by Sajida Asif.
As members of the disabled community, we face barriers on a daily
basis. Despite calls of accessibility and gradual development in
accessing cultural locations and experiences, there is still a
widespread lack of understanding about the different needs of
people with different disabilities. When researching
communities who lived and worked on the canals in the early
1900s, it becomes apparent that the way these communities were
treated by mainstream society has similarities to the attitudes
experienced by disabled people today.
Research and Development
Over our Research and Development Week in September 2021 we explored:
- History of the canal network that stretches across the U.K.
- Who lives and works on the canal, how life on the canals have changed over the last 120 years.
- The mechanics of canal locks and the sounds they create.
- Canal infrastructure; metals, stone and other building materials. How canals were neglected and left to disintegrate.
- Communities coming together to rebuild and breathe new life into these structures.
- The shift from industry and transport to personal development and leisure, holidays, sport and fishing.
- Stories passed down through the decades. Life experiences, the spirit of canals, and what it is that appeals to people about living and working on these waterways.
Our second Research and Development week takes place in July 2022.
For more information about this project please contact:
Lucy C Hayward, Director: lucy@lucychayward.co.uk
Joanna Morley, Producer: joanna@lucychayward.co.uk
Logo created by Sajida Asif.