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.