Best PDisability Equality Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 13: Maximillian Fairley - Screen and stage actor - starring in ITV show 'Unforgotten' 49:54

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Michèle Taylor talks to Maximillian Fairley - screen and stage actor about his flourishing career and what matters to him to be able to do his best work. Max talks about his experience in playing a lead role (Harry) in World Premier Village Idiot - A co-production by Theatre Royal Stratford East, Nottingham Playhouse and Ramps on the Moon, and writ…

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Ep 12: The Production Exchange team on their journey to an anti-ableist organisation 42:47

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Michèle Taylor talks to Penelope Saward and Ben Oliver at The Production Exchange about their steps, successes and challenges towards creating an anti-ableist organisation following their year-long journey on the Ramps on the Moon Change Partner programme. The Production Exchange is a charity, established in 2013. They provide artists with pathways…

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Ep 11: Mat Fraser, stage and screen actor, writer, drummer and anti-ableist activist 53:28

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Michèle talks to Mat Fraser - stage and screen actor, writer, drummer, and an anti-ableist activist. Join us for this lively, interesting and challenging podcast episode! Mat is well known for his powerful presence on both stage and screen, and is a patron of Graeae theatre company. Mat has appeared in acclaimed productions including American Horro…

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Ep 10: Amy Trigg, actor, writer and Olivier Awards winner joins the conversation 49:49

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Michèle Taylor talks to Amy Trigg, actor, writer and comedian, as well as Olivier Awards Winner in 2024 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for 'The Little Big Things'. Amy talks about how representation has improved greatly on the screen over the last few years - and that she is now auditioning for roles that are not specifically fo…

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Ep 9: Zak Ford-Williams, screen and stage actor (Bridgerton,The Hardacres) 50:41

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Michèle talks to Zak Ford-Williams, screen and stage actor in Bridgerton (Lord Remington), The Hardacres (Harry Hardacre), Wolfe (Tyler) and The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man (Joseph Merrick). Zak knew he wanted to act at six years old, after seeing George’s Marvellous Medicine. Though he didn’t initially identify himself as disable…

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Ep 8: Making a meaningful evaluation of the Ramps on the Moon project 40:08

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Clare Hammerton carried out the independent evaluation for the Ramps on the Moon consortium. In this episode, Michèle asks her about the challenges of evaluation (especially in a multi-partner project) as well as talking about why it’s so important and powerful. Clare puts the Ramps evaluation into the wider context of her work around empowerment a…

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EP 7: The important impact of having an AGENT FOR CHANGE in your theatre 47:28

2y ago47:28

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Ben Wilson and Aisling Gallagher have been Ramps on the Moon Agents for Change at Sheffield and Theatre Royal Stratford East respectively. They are both also independent theatre-makers. They give us a fascinating insight into what an Agent for Change does - and doesn’t do - to support organisational transformation, why being annoying, and why they …

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EP 6: Throwing down the gauntlet on Access with David Bellwood, Head of Access at The National Theatre 41:01

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Michèle talks to David Bellwood - Head of Access at The National Theatre Michèle and David discuss rigour around language and what it means for David to be a non-disabled person working in the area of ‘access’. David throws down the gauntlet: can he and Michèle find a word that can usefully replace ‘access’ by the end of the episode? They explore v…

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EP 5: Producing an accessible show with Eleanor Lang and Sean Brooks from Theatre Royal Stratford East 40:35

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Eleanor Lang and Sean Brooks are from Theatre Royal Stratford East. Eleanor is Executive Director and Sean is Deputy Producer and a freelance producer. Michèle asks the 64 million dollar question, “What is a Producer, anyway?” and gets a great answer in which Eleanor and Sean unpack the process. They discuss the growing recognition in the industry …

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EP 4: Anti-ableism activism with Andrew Miller MBE, UK Arts Access Champion 43:56

2y ago43:56

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Amongst other things, Andrew Miller is the UK Arts Access Champion and a broadcaster and cultural consultant and commentator with an impressive CV. In this episode, Michèle asks Andrew about his career so far, and the ‘accidents and disappointments’ that got him to where he is now. Andrew talks about the moments of change that he’s been a part of, …

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EP 3: Making Work - The Artistic Side with Amy Leach, Deputy Artistic Director of Leeds Playhouse 44:20

2+ y ago44:20

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Disability equality leader, Michèle Taylor invites Amy Leach, Deputy Artistic Director at Leeds Playhouse to talk about her work as a director and how her approach has grown as a result of working with disabled and deaf performers. Amy talks about ‘packing on the muscle’ as a director, goosebumps moments, the team you might expect to find in a Ramp…

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EP 2: How do you start making it happen? With Dan Bates, former Chief Executive of Sheffield Theatres 40:05

2+ y ago40:05

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Disability equality expert, Michèle Taylor, talks to Dan Bates, former chief executive of The Crucible, Sheffield Playhouse and the Sheffield Lyceum.... asking him how he started to make it happen as a Ramps on the Moon partner. excited to be a part of Ramps on the Moon, the irony of scheduling the first Ramps meeting in a room with all sorts of ac…

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EP1: Welcome to Ramps on the Moon - an introduction! With Sarah Holmes, co-founder of Ramps on the Moon 23:30

2+ y ago23:30

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Welcome to the Ramps on the Moon Podcast. In this first episode, disability equality expert, Michèle Taylor invites Sarah Holmes into the recording studio to talk about how Ramps first started; from conception in 2015 to present day. Meeting together for the first time in a London train station café they both knew something very positive and exciti…