Scen:se at Folkteatern Gävleborg
Project support from Signatur has provided Folkteatern Gävleborg with the opportunity to create accessible performing arts works in three different formats, as part of a major investment in the development project Scen:se.
Adapted and accessible performing arts in collaboration with British theatres
Due to their disabilities, the project’s target group often experiences major obstacles to accessing art and culture. The project therefore aims to use adapted and accessible artistic methods where the target group is at the centre of the artistic work. The work is also permeated by co-creative processes and in collaboration with artists with disabilities. The initiative for accessible performing arts works that has received funding from Signatur is being carried out in co-production with Oily Cart Theatre (https://oilycart.org.uk), and Replay Theatre Company (https://www.replaytheatre.co.uk/our-programmes/up/) from the UK.
AN INTERREGIONAL INITIATIVE WITH LONG-TERM GOALS
The grant from Signatur also helps the project, which started in 2024, to investigate the possibilities of creating a more lasting impact with the aim of getting the performing arts industry to work in a more inclusive and accessible way for people with disabilities. This is done through a national initiative across several regions, in collaboration with regional performing arts organisations, where the project aims to raise the level of knowledge about inclusive and adapted performing arts. Today, in addition to Folkteatern Gävleborg, Estrad Norr in the Jämtland Härjedalen region is included. Through a national tour, seminars and training initiatives, Folkteatern Gävleborg and the other partners create common areas where they can reach out with the expertise that the project has accumulated. In the long term, the goal is also to create a platform for lasting programme on accessible performing arts.
Research and inclusion
Researchers are following the project and the production, investigating the need to make performing arts experiences accessible to children and young people with disabilities. The target group is at the forefront of the project, and the aim is to promote change in the performing arts sector, where existing structures often create barriers. The project wants to help the target group take part in more activities and experiences. By investing in accessible performing arts, a more inclusive society is created, where all bodies and all functionalities are allowed to move, act and be seen in the public cultural space.
About Folkteatern Gävleborg
With a varied repertoire ranging from grand productions to intimate storytelling performances, Folkteatern invites the entire population of Gävleborg to explore what it means to be human.
About Scen:se
The development project Scen:se creates inclusive and accessible performing arts for and with children and young people aged 5-25. The aim is to give everyone, regardless of disability or need, the opportunity to experience art and cultur . The art is sensory, interactive and immersive, with the audience at the forefront of everything that is created.
Read more about Scen:se and Folkteatern Gäveborg here (in Swedish): https://folkteaterngavleborg.se/program/projekt-scense/
