Craidd

Driving positive change for and with, Deaf and disabled people across Wales’ theatre sector.
Craidd is a collaboration between five Welsh organisations to drive meaningful and sustainable change, improving the representation of, and opportunities for, Deaf and disabled people (including neurodivergent and learning-disabled people) across Wales’ mainstream theatre sector. Our aim is for access and inclusion to be at the core of theatre in Wales.

The organisations involved are: Theatr Clwyd, Sherman Theatre, Pontio Arts, The Torch Theatre and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

This first stage of the collaboration has included an audit of each organisation, sector conversations, extensive training, and defining a roadmap for the next five years of the programme. After consultation we changed our name to Craidd (formerly Ramps Cymru), which means Core. We are soon to be appointing five Agents for Change who will work alongside the Director for Change in implementing change and making Welsh theatre the most accessible in the world.

Open Casting – Under Milk Wood
Open Casting Call for Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent actors in Wales.
Theatr Clwyd hosts an open call to Welsh/Wales-based Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent actors for a major new touring production as part of the Craidd Partnership.

We would like to meet Welsh and Wales-based actors who identify as Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent for the 2026 production of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, directed by Kate Wasserberg, the first of four productions within the Craidd partnership.

We are inviting actors to apply for a place in a series of audition days taking place on the following dates in 2025:

11 March at Pontio in Bangor
14 March at Ty Pawb in Wrexham
18 & 19 March at Sherman Theatre in Cardiff
20 March at Trinity St David’s in Carmarthen

Deadline for submissions is Friday 28th February, 12pm
To apply, visit www.theatrclwyd.com/take-part/artists/open-casting-under-milk-wood

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