We are Unanima, an Arts Council England NPO, levelling things up for learning disabled and autistic people through a range of artist and audience development initiatives.
Our Initiatives
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OneFest
OneFest is our annual arts festival that promotes the representation of learning disabled and autistic people as both audiences and performers.
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Unanima Theatre
Unanima Theatre is an inclusive theatre company that creates original work with learning disabled and autistic artists at its heart.
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human artist
Human Artist is an entry-level theatre-making programme offering a supportive, creative space to explore performance and build confidence.
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ONE CONVERSATION
One Conversation is our creative research strand, using performance and dialogue to explore complex social issues.
Our Vision:
A world with learning disabled and autistic people creating high quality art; stigma free and valued.
A world where their voices shape culture, their talent is platformed, and their creativity is embraced as essential, not exceptional.
Our mission:
Increase representation of disabled led work
Provide authentic pathways into the arts
Enable platforms for learning disabled and / or autistic voices
Robust community engagement
Demand societal change
Making Change Through Theatre
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Building disabled audiences
Art is for everyone. However, it seems that there are more barriers, obstacles, and objections that stand in the way of learning disabled and autistic people enjoying high quality art than there are for everyone else. Unanima is determined to change this.
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developing disabled artists
Learning disabled and autistic people can be brilliant, but they have to be given the opportunity to do this through approaches that are authentic, ambitious, and not tokenistic. Unanima vow to lead the way in providing these opportunities and showcasing the results for the world to see.
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getting disabled voices heard
Unanima is a soap box, a megaphone, a platform for getting every corner of society to notice and recognise that learning disabled and autistic people have the right to be valued and appreciated. Unanima is committed to demonstrating how and why this is the case.