Our approach to theatre making involves an accessible aesthetic.  The “Graeae Aesthetic” embeds elements of accessible communication within a play, including: on stage sign language interpreters, use of  film or recorded sound, captioning, power point projections, or audio description.

Graeae’s New Work and Literary remit includes:

*  Commissioning new plays from Deaf, disabled, and non-disabled writers
*  Plays adapted from a wide spectrum of media, including: novels, poetry, and film
*  Radical adaptations of extant plays that apply the Graeae Aesthetic
*  Profiling new and emerging disabled writers

Key New Work and Literary aims for the next five years:

*  Increase the annual number of new commissions
*  Explore innovative and accessible approaches to playmaking
*  Increase the profile, status and success of Graeae’s commitment to new work and writing
*  Support a relationship between Graeae’s new writing activity and outreach work connected to touring productions

New Work and Literary Programmes:

Commissioning Programme - we commission at least two writers per year, both established and emerging, to increase the number of scripts available to Graeae

Write Stuff - an annual script reading programme

Play Labs - an opportunity to explore ideas and/or to respond to new artistic stimuli. This one-day research and development platform has been created for disabled artists. Play labs give these performers, writers, or directors space to study specific aesthetic questions relative to their work