Unlimited

27/05/2026

Applications still open - we want to hear from you!

We're seeking independent disabled panel members to select our next Partner Awards round.

26/05/2026

Access riders are one of the things we get asked about most.

Not sure how to respond to one? You're not alone. So we made a guide.

Free, practical, and built for anyone working in the arts who wants to support disabled artists and colleagues and isn't always sure how.

It covers:
→ What an access rider is and why it matters
→ What do to do when you receive one
→ How to provide access effectively
→ How to embed this into your organisation's practice

Definitions. Checklists. Case studies. Real advice from lived experience.

Whether you're a producer, programmer, venue manager, or decision-maker: this is your starting point.

🔗 bit.ly/4nGjSaR

Created by Emma Bentley Fox. Copy edited by Lucy Peters. Thanks to our friends who offered feedback: Arts Marketing Association, Battersea Arts Centre - BAC, SPAN Arts, and Without Walls UK.

📸 Mummy, what’s wrong with that man’s legs? Jonny Leitch. Photo: Mark Morreau
Image description: Text reads 'Someone sent you an access rider. Now what?' Dancer Jonny is balanced on two wheels of a wheelchair and supports the wight of Tilly, who's suspended from a platform and leaning back onto Jonny.

This guide draws on everything Unlimited has learned supporting disabled artists as well as a disabled-led team, with case studies and practical tools you can use straight away.

22/05/2026

For some, a holy pilgrimage to Lourdes is all prayers, candles and proper holy contemplation.

For this mad bunch of disabled kids, it’s bevvys, mucking about and getting off with each other - and definitely no miracle cures!

Join four young pilgrims as they take on ridiculous rules, awkward exes, secret crushes, and the big question nobody ever asks: do disabled people actually want to be cured, or are we perfectly fine as we are?

A play by Laurence Clark Comedian.

🗓 22 May – 6 June: The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

🗓 11 – 13 June: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

🗓 24 – 27 June: Hull Truck Theatre, Hull

🙏 Book now: bit.ly/4sJABLx

Image description: An illustration of a stained glass window. A man hovers above a wheelchair with his arms in the air. At either side, a nun and a priest stand. All three have halos above their heads. Text reads 'Cured by Laurence Clark.'

22/05/2026

For some, a holy pilgrimage to Lourdes is all prayers, candles and proper holy contemplation.

For this mad bunch of disabled kids, it’s bevvys, mucking about and getting off with each other - and definitely no miracle cures!

Join four young pilgrims as they take on ridiculous rules, awkward exes, secret crushes, and the big question nobody ever asks: do disabled people actually want to be cured, or are we perfectly fine as we are?

🗓 22 May – 6 June: , Liverpool
🗓 11 – 13 June: , Coventry
🗓 24 – 27 June: , Hull

Link in bio to book. 🙏

Video description: A trailer for the play Cured by .

Theatre WeAreUnlimited

20/05/2026

We're seeking independent disabled panel members to select our next Partner Awards round.

19/05/2026

Here's where we're headed.

We've just published our 2026–27 organisational plan and we're sharing it with you.

One mission: commissioning extraordinary work from disabled artists that changes and challenges the world. We keep going until equity exists across the whole cultural sector.

The plan sets out our goals across five strands of work:

✦ Commission
✦ Develop
✦ Support
✦ Connect
✦ Change

We're working towards the day we no longer need to exist. Until then, we keep going.

🔗 bit.ly/4wVMaCH

Image description: Text reads '2026-2027 Our plan'. In the background is a person wearing a colourful suit with a helmet and what appears to be a machine on their back like a backpack. They're in an environment full of vibrant flowers and green foliage.

Unlimited shall commission extraordinary work from disabled artists until the whole of the cultural sector does. This work will change and challenge the world. Disabled artists are unlimited – they're unique and talented change makers, leaders and creatives. We exist to support them to produce amb...

18/05/2026

Mark your calendars 👀

Unlimited Symposium 2027 is coming to London: 15–17 March 2027.

Three days. An international gathering of disabled artists, cultural leaders, organisations, funders, policymakers and allies from across the UK and around the world. One shared goal: real, lasting change for disabled-led arts globally.

"The world has changed faster than the cultural sector has. Disabled artists are navigating shrinking budgets, hostile policy environments and a global rights backlash – all while making some of the most vital work. The Unlimited Symposium 2027 exists because that contradiction needs a reckoning. The field deserves a space ambitious, accessible, and international enough to hold it. In a moment when so much is being undone, driving the sector forward and calling our allies to action is the most useful thing we know how to do." - Cat Sheridan, Senior Producer

🔗 Register your interest now: bit.ly/4nxG32S

The symposium is supported by Arts Council England and Arts – British Council, and made possible in partnership with Battersea Arts Centre, East Bank, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Europe Beyond Access, Sadler's Wells, and the Southbank Centre. Together, we’re building something that goes beyond one event.

Image description: Text reads 'Unlimited Symposium 15-17 March 2027'. Next to this is a photo of a group of artists sit in a panel on a stage with microphones in front of them. You can see the backs of peoples heads in the audience.

We're gathering in London for a three-day international symposium for the global cultural sector.

12/05/2026

🗳️ You belong at the table.

We're looking for disabled artists, creatives and producers to join our panel and help decide which artists get supported and which work gets made.

As an independent panel member, you'll shape the next round of Unlimited Partner Award commissions, and make sure our decisions truly reflect our community.

Apply by Monday 15 June, midday. We'd love to hear from you.

🔗 Full details: bit.ly/UnltdPanel

The Unlimited Partner Awards are made possible thanks to support from Arts Council England, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales and The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Image description: Text reads 'Call out: Could you join our selection panel?' A photo shows a disabled artist holding a microphone and speaking to the people sat around him.

We're seeking independent disabled panel members to select our next Partner Awards round.

08/05/2026

You’re invited to go gently into the garden of [im]possible dreams. 🌱

Experience a new 3D collage exhibition by the *conditions apply collective, exploring entanglements between nature, chronic illness and possibility at Norfolk and Norwich Festival

🗓️ Saturday 9 - Sunday 24 May, Great Yarmouth.

🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/4vWGlEd

An Unlimited UK Partner Award 2025 commission with Norfolk and Norwich Festival made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England.

📸 we care for the woods and the woods care for us by Joanna Holland
Image description: Small birds are perched on blossoming trees against a blue sky. The word ‘rest’ is amongst the trees.

06/05/2026

25% of the UK is disabled. 100% of the artists we commission are.

Disabled artists belong at the centre of culture, not the margins.

By showcasing and supporting the amazing breadth and quality of work by disabled artists, we want to open doors for our artists to work with other organisations, too.

Ambitious work. From local to global stages. Disabled artists are change-makers, leaders, creatives.

Meet them on our database: bit.ly/4mYn5Ck

Image description: Headshots of disabled artists who we've commissioned and shortlisted, who are on our artist database. In order, the artists are Farrell Cox, Burong-Zeng, Glen Greaves, Tom Krasny, Jamie Hale, Sonali Shah, Ngozi Ugochukwu and Rudy Kanhye.