Brighton Dome in-house artist Erin Enfys will join award-winning performer and writer Tommy, known as The Queer Historian, for a discussion about their experiences of building a career as disabled artists including some of the challenges they have faced.
Carousel and Parable Dance, two Brighton charities working with learning disabled artists, team up to get everybody dancing this Christmas.
Oska Bright Film Festival, the world’s leading learning disability film festival produced by Carousel, takes its programme to the small screen with Oska Bites, regular programmes of award-winning short films from the 2019 festival.
Brian Butler marvels at a concert version of Carousel which helps make the lockdown world go round
Frances Hubbard gets filmmaker Matthew Hellett’s view of his latest initiative, Queer Freedom
The third Rock House Festival, presented by Brighton-based arts charity Carousel, takes place at Green Door Store in Brighton on Saturday, July 27 from 3pm.
Learning Disability Week Brighton culminates with Carousel’s Blue Camel Club at The Old Market, Monday, June 24. STARTED in 2000, the club offers a genuine clubbing experience in a safe and accessible environment for people with a learning disability.
Community groups, charities and sports clubs are among dozens of organisations to benefit from more than £45,000 of grants gifted under the banner of the Brighton Pride Social Impact Fund (SIF).
Carousel’s Blue Camel Club is the big night out for hundreds of learning disabled music and dance fanatics in Brighton and beyond. This month’s line-up features London band The AutistiX, drum ensemble Unified Rhythm, the fabulous solo artist Catherine O’Rourke and the ever popular Carousel Singers. There are DJ’s, roaming radio reporters and films from the Oska Bright Film Festival. It’s the place to meet friends, hear great music and dance the night away, all run and presented by a learning disabled team.
Carousel is a charity who work to promote the active involvement of people with a disability in the arts. As a small charity with big ideas, Carousel relies on the support of volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to develop creatively.
