DaDaFest International Scotland--2010

From large scale projections of new work by internationally renowned artist Simon Mckeown featuring Scotland’s own Claire Cunningham to an Australian show created by Deaf puppeteer Asphxyia telling a beautiful gothic fairytale with old-world marionettes and sign-language. The first UK appearance from Swedish theatre company Moomsteatern, Fringe favourite comedian Laurence Clark and the inimitable Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz , as well as workshops, talks and more.

The festival brings high-quality disability and deaf arts to both a mainstream audience and the deaf and disabled communities in Scotland, enabling engagement with influential international performers and artists and has been created with the support of Scottish companies Birds of Paradise, Lung Ha’s Theatre Company and Limelight.

Programmed by DaDaFest international’s Artistic Director Garry Robson and brought to Scotland by DaDa – Disability and Deaf Arts, an innovative disability arts organisation based in Liverpool .  DaDa have devised and developed DaDaFest, for 10  years, building it up to be the worlds largest showcase and celebration of the best of Disability and Deaf Art.

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