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Round up: Unlimited Festival 2018

Catch up with all the latest features, debates and videos at Unlimited 2018, the festival of disabled-led arts

Collaboration not appropriation

Extreme conditions, climate change, and colonialist perspectives. Avatâra Ayuso travelled to Nunavut to meet female Inuit performing artists

How can we avoid stereotyping disabled artists?

As Unlimited 2018 launches, Nina Mühlemann argues that the work of disabled artists deserves more nuance

Top 10 tips for touring internationally

As the Edinburgh Festivals kick off, the British Council’s very own Andrew Jones shares some expert advice

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Featured Projects

Our search is on for Edinburgh Showcase 2019 artists

Announcing dates and inviting applications to be part of our platform of UK performance for international promoters

Join us online for stories of migration with National Theatre Wales

Watch Tide Whisperer, an immersive performance tackling the global phenomena of mass movement and displacement

Announcing the winners of the International Radio Playwriting Competition

Air-raids, game shows and mattresses. Outstanding radio plays from Belgium, Nigeria and Yemen come top in a record-breaking year

Unlimited 2018 presents the latest in disability-led arts

What is the future for disabled artists? Unlimited 2018 starts in September – experience it live or online!

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Featured Artists & Companies

Candoco

25 years young, Candoco Dance Company is a leading company of disabled and non-disabled dancers that commissions world-class choreographers

Kneehigh Theatre

Based in Cornwall, Kneehigh tells stories and creates theatre of humanity from an epic and tiny scale. It works with an ever-changing ensemble of performers, musicians, artists, technicians and administrators

Forced Entertainment

At the forefront of experimental performance for many years, Forced Entertainment aims to reinvent theatre to speak about the times we live in

Stopgap Dance Company

With originality and a dash of poetic realism, Stopgap makes new discoveries about integrating disabled and non-disabled people through dance

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Opportunities

Apply now for the DICE fund

Calling all creative and social enterprises – we are offering grants for UK organisations to develop partnerships in: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan or South Africa

International opportunities for UK artists

Looking to work internationally but not sure where to begin? Here’s a quick rundown of funding opportunities that you can apply for

Current and upcoming international opportunities

A list of British Council Arts opportunities for artists, creatives, professionals and organisations 

Apply for an Unlimited commission

UK-based disabled artists and companies making disability-led work, across all artforms, are invited to apply for funding. Awards for established and emerging artists.

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