We are getting nearer the excitement that will be the disabled people’s carnival in wolverhampton.

You can see photos from the workshops where disabled people are working on their headresses, banners, and learning drumming here>>

You can also look at the facebook page here>>

You DO NOT have to be a member of facebook to go have a look

A quick reminder that the Disability Network Carnival Workshops start on Tuesday the 26th July at 10am till 3pm

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It was great to see former One Voice Chair and increasingly well know artist Tanya Raabe on the Culture Show last night.

Tanya was interviewed about her work at Tate Liverpool, and is currently undertaking a portrait of the disabled actor Nabil Shaban.

You can check out Tanya’s website here>> to find out what she is up to.

[ED: Our new blogger Playwright_Paul joins us today. Professional Actors will read from his new screenplay on day 3 of The Wolverhampton's Disability Film Festival, in this, his first blog, he tells us how he got there - it started with a course....]

The idea of such a course after such a long absence from serious writing was scary. My confidence was low and I had a lot of fears.
Would I fail miserably, was my idea good enough, did I have any talent in me, would I do well, was I just fooling myself?
I knew deep down that my determination and competitive spirit may just get noticed providing I could write a reasonably good script. Putting good ideas onto paper may strike a chord with the readers and audience. Though I must admit I was impressed upon listening to some of the other outlines but also made my heart sink slightly as in comparison my idea didn’t seem as good. Perhaps this outlook was simply slight paranoia instilled by low confidence. I’d chosen my idea though, no turning back, I must make my idea work! Modify here and there, tweak, WRITE, delve into the minds of the characters to tease and intrigue the audience, captivate. Do all this and I may have  a chance.

At the end of Day 2 the course had covered quite a lot. We were asked to try and write a 10 page draft screen play! Yikes. Well, the challenge had been issued. I set to it, wrote for a few days but only got to 6 pages. I had no more ideas and couldn’t think what else to write. I kept at it and more ideas to progress the play came. By Saturday I had printed out a 12 page Draft screen play. But I still didn’t have a proper title or conclusion. Tutors fundamental words buzzing in my head, “Establish, Develop, Resolve.” Continue Reading