How do you make a fart accessible?

This week, we speak to Live Theatre’s Senior Creative Associate, Paul James, on being diagnosed with a disability later in life and trying to hide it. Artistic Director & CEO for DaDaFest, Nickie Wildin speaks about being ‘awww’d’ at and feeling pressure to be the ‘disabled spokesperson’. Performance artist gobscure tells us about ‘blowing up the system’ and how society disables us. And Paul Wilshaw, Assistant Producer from Mind The Gap, speaks about smashing the barriers built by the theatre industry. 

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A new podcast by Northern Broadsides

Hosted by Shabina Aslam & Millie Gaston

Sound Editing by Alex Colley

Produced by Hallam Breen & Jess Rooney 

This series of eights podcasts, recorded in lockdown, embraces the Northern Voice in all its glory, whether we're exploring disability, migration, class, ethnicity, accent, gender or sexuality, The Northern Voice confounds expectations of what it means to be Northern in the world of arts and culture today.

Each episode has a panel discussion hosted by Shabina Aslam, our Creative Engagement Producer, and a one-to-one interview with a Northern artist, led by local actor Millie Gaston.

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Guest Biographies

gobscure

Performance Artist

gobscure are Artistic Associates with Museum of Homelessness and Disability Arts Online. Their last play joey was a testing ground commission (New Wolsey Theatre) in association with Greyscale, published by Aurora Metro, named ‘experiment of the year’, British Theatre Guide. gobscure previously worked with Northern Broadsides on Digital Squad and now sits on the Art Squad. 

Paul James

Senior Creative Associate (Children and Young People's Programme) at Live Theatre, Newcastle.

Paul established the multi award winning Education & Participation Department at Live Theatre in 1998 and has directed and produced many productions. Prior to this Paul worked as an actor for a variety of theatre companies including the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, Bristol Old Vic, Talawa and various community theatre companies.

Nickie Miles-Wildin 

Joint Artistic Director & CEO at DaDaFest

Nickie is also Associate Director at Graeae Theatre Company where she is Head of New Writing. Nickie has previously worked at Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester as Young Company Programme Leader and Resident Assistant Director (Regional Theatre Young Director’s Scheme) Nickie’s directing credits include Crips With Chips, Crips Without Constraints and Iron Man (Graeae).

Paul Wilshaw

Agent for Change at Leeds Playhouse and Assistant Producer for Mind the Gap Theatre.

As well as his work with Mind the Gap, Paul has also worked for the Beyond festival in Leeds, which is a festival focused on artists with learning disabilities, as a performer at the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games, a mentor for the Remix and an Intern Assistant Producer for the Breathe Project.

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