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Advocacy

Advocacy lives in our work.

The work Uncurbed artists make speaks directly to systems of care, control, power, and exclusion. But advocacy also happens through who gets to make, contribute and be heard.

Through performance, creative projects and partnerships, we amplify disabled voices, bringing lived experience into new spaces, conversations and contexts.

Projects & partnerships

Our projects and partnerships create different ways for disabled voices to be heard – through performance, co-production, learning, research and creative collaboration.

Each takes a different form, shaped by the people, partners and places involved.

MMU x Uncurbed Collective

A creative partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University bringing disabled-led performance into learning, research and professional conversations.

An aerial photo of DIY Theatre Company and Uncurbed Collective artists in a circle formation seated in a circular landscape in START gardens.

We Claim the Hall

Artists from Uncurbed Collective and DIY Theatre joined together to centre lived experience, shift power, and reimagine what leadership looks like in Salford’s cultural future.

work with us

Interested in what a partnership with Uncurbed could look like?

We work with organisations to create performances, projects and collaborations shaped around different people, places and conversations.

How We Work

At Uncurbed, our practice is values led: Access is our foundation, Co-production is our model, and Leadership is our method.

A photo of two Uncurbed performers performing 'Shared Spaces', presented in Whitworth Park

Co-Production

Co-production is our model – every project grows from equal relationships and shared decisions.

A black and white photo of Ensemble Artist Michael Gleave and Facilitator Alice Robinson. It has playful energy. In the foreground, Michael is captured in profile and he has intentional upright energy with an expression of exaggerated awe. In the background, Alice mirrors his energy and expression.

Accessible Practice

Access is our foundation – it shapes how we welcome people, how we create, and how we perform.

A photo of Phillip Breadney, speaking into a microphone

Disabled-Led Leadership

Leadership is our method – we shift power, grow influence, and ensure disabled people lead at every level.