Ellie is a freelance costume maker with a background in dressmaking and alterations. She is currently studying for a BA Hons in Costume Design and Making at Nottingham Trent University. Ellie’s academic work is focused on inclusion within theatrical spaces, while her making displays a special interest in extravagant costumes for theatre. Previously, she has … Continued
Since gaining a BA Hons at Nottingham Trent University in Theatre Design, Laura has worked as an artist facilitating arts workshops, performed nationally in an integrated dance company and trained staff and volunteers in arts facilitation and Disability Equality. Her career has included Development Officer, Project Manager, and Artistic Director of three voluntary arts organisations. Laura is … Continued
Georgina is a Fabrication Consultant who designs and builds public installations and props for performance, encouraging play and verbal questioning. She has worked with the BBC, Channel 4, We The Curious, The National Trust, The Royal Society, The Arnolifini, Bristol Museum, street theatre companies and higher education institutes. Georgina is interested in both traditional and … Continued
With a practice that encompasses working with sound, music and composition particularly with performance, Shirley Pegna’s work engages an audience through sound and invites them to perceive sonic experiences in different ways. This past year saw her collaboration with film maker Vicky Smith, Primal and Small Things, shown at Edinburgh Film Festival and Flatpack Festival … Continued
Nikki Charlesworth is a recent graduate of Theatre Design, from Nottingham Trent University where she specialised in Puppetry. Nikki first met the team at Extraordinary Bodies when she worked on the ceremonies for the CPISRA World Games held in Nottingham in 2015. Since graduating Nikki has worked as a Theatre Designer, Puppeteer and Puppet Maker. … Continued
Jamie joined Diverse city as Co-Artistic Director and is part of the Creative Team behind Extraordinary Bodies. Jamie has Cerebral Palsy and having grown up in a time when opportunities for disabled people in the arts were limited, Jamie was lucky to be offered an acting role by the BBC that kicked off his professional … Continued
Richard is best known with his work with Bristol based outdoor arts specialists Desperate Men where he is Co-artistic Director. Since 1995 he has performed, written, devised and directed numerous shows and large-scale outdoor theatre projects including Slapstick & Slaughter, The Nativity Cycle, Dancing Bear Cheese, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Rick, Dick and … Continued
Donna Williams is a deaf poet working in English and British Sign Language. Working with such different languages has inspired a deep interest in translation and how her work can be made accessible to signing and non-signing audiences. She has performed at festivals around the UK including the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as in America … Continued
Billy Alwen is co-founder and Artistic Director of Cirque Bijou, a leader in the field of innovative outdoor arts, circus and street theatre. After a career in politics and public relations, Billy started his circus life as an aerialist, performing all over the world and forming Cirque Bijou in 1999 with Julian Bracey. Since then Cirque Bijou have made … Continued