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Media Release 1 DAT Fest

Creatif Kate

1 Jul 2024

DAT FEST 2024

Disabled Artists’ Theatre Festival 2024

DAT is a Disabled Artists’ Theatre Festival based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand). DAT is lead and directed by disabled folks. We welcome the financial support and volunteership of our allies.


New Look! New Name! New Diagnoses!


DAT Fest 2024 coming in hot! The Team is assembled and ready to bring the most inclusive festival in Aotearoa, New Zealand.


From humble beginnings in 2022, to a six week turn-around in 2023 to now a CreativeNZ funded fully staffed phenomenon of a festival. DAT Fest, co-directed by disabled royalty Creatif Kate (She/Her) and Susan Williams (They/Them), have assembled a fully D/deaf, disabled, and neurodiverse team of specialists to ensure inclusivity and accessibility are at the heart of everything they do and everything the festival is. DAT Fest is a two-week spectacular, designed to showcase and elevate the abundant talent in the DDN communities, and provide opportunities to practice, upskill, and connect.


DAT Fest’s aim is to provide accessible opportunities for DDN performers and creatives to upskill, showcase work, and connect with peers; to provide accessible and welcoming public shows; to provide accessible and relevant workshops to DDN performers; to lead by example, and to centre intersectionality, inclusivity, with a human rights based approach (especially the UNConvention on the rights of people with disabilities, and #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs) and upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi; to hold accessibility at the centre of what we do, and do our best for everyone involved with the festival; to respect each other’s, energy, abilities, individuality, and needs; to uplift each other and our communities; DAT Fest aims to be better each year than the year before, to take individual needs into account, and to seek and reflect community feedback.


This is the first of our media releases. More will be sent out as we announce programming and scheduling. Susan and Kate are both available for Media interviews, please email: media.datfest@gmail.com to arrange. Welook forward to working with you.


CONTACT

General Enquiries

If you can't find the answers to your questions on this website, please feel free to contact us directly:

Email: hello.datfest@gmail.com OR access.datfest@gmail.com 

Phone: 0225458185

You can also use the contact form on this website.

Present or Participate at DAT Fest

We want to hear from disabled artists who are keen to present their work as part of the 2025 Festival.  We are also looking for disabled folks who want to work in our directorship team, volunteer or contribute to the festival going forward.  Got an idea? Send us an email at hello.datfest@gmail.com!

Join Us

Are you a disabled artist that wants to participate in the festival?  Or an ally or disabled person who wants to volunteer? Fill out our DAT Form for DAT Fest 2024. Or get in touch below.

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© 2024 by the Disabled Artists' Festival of Theatre

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