As part of the Europe Beyod Access UK, the ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań has the pleasure of presenting performances by British artists with disabilities and D/deaf artists. The main focus in this collaboration is on Wales. The visiting artists also lead workshops for audience groups with varying levels of professional experience, as well as training for the staff of the Poznań City Hall.
All these events are an important part of the theatre program at CK ZAMEK, which has focused on the work of non-normative artists since 2016. Their efforts in this area represent an important voice in the Polish and European discourse about the presence of people with disabilities and Deaf individuals on stage. Together with creators from Poland and abroad, they are renegotiating socially entrenched understandings of normativity in theatre. The conventions in theatre regarding appearance, physical or mental condition too often exclude people with disabilities from actively participating in culture, preventing their full presence in the creative environment.
From 2024 to 2027, CK ZAMEK is carrying out its theatre program in collaboration with nine partner institutions from Europe, as part of the EUROPE BEYOND ACCESS (EBA) project. EBA is the largest and most influential international initiative focused on the active participation of artists with disabilities in mainstream dance and theatre. The participation of British performers in the program implemented by CK ZAMEK in Poznań is an important element of the presentation of the work of professional artists with disabilities from outside Poland