1. Firebird Theatre company.
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Canby, Steve, Chilcott, Carol, Davis, Brian, Goater, Penny, Hogan, Kevin, Kelly, Tina, Knight, Steve, Lane, Liz, Lansdown, Mary, Long, Alex, McGreevy, Sarah, O'Brien, Richard, Rees, Marilyn, Rimmer, Claude, Stafford, Jenny, and Wiltshire, Chris
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PEOPLE with disabilities & the arts ,THEATERS ,STORYTELLING ,ACTORS with disabilities - Abstract
The article discusses the work done at the Firebird Theatre in Bristol, England with disabled actors, which include programs utilizing workshops, performers, and non-disabled theater students. The author describes the theater's mission statement which includes making connections with their audiences in order to produce theatrical works that tell stories that will communicate ideas that stay with the audiences. The author analyzes the way the theater group works on the play "Doctor Faustus" to demonstrate the theater's way of working.
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- 2009
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