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A profile image of Jamie, head and shoulders. Their head rests on a wheelchair headrest. They are white, with dark red hair and beard, wearing bluey-purplish make-up, and a leather jacket

I’m tired of inaccessibility: A statement on my withdrawal from the LET awards

Posted on: January 28, 2023 Last updated on: September 25, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Arts, Creative, Performance, Personal
I withdrew from competition for the Les Enfants Terribles Awards at Greenwich Theatre yesterday live on stage. This was as a result of the wheelchair inaccessibility of the main stage, and the…
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A brick wall behind Jamie, a white person in an electric wheelchair, wearing a khaki blazer and black skinny jeans with white trainers

Creative Mentoring – Why I Do It

Posted on: January 18, 2023 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Arts, Creative, Creative Support
I have been creatively stuck at many points. I’ve felt like I’d never write again, like my work wouldn’t come together, like I didn’t know what to do next, and like I…
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The cover to Jamie's poetry book, Shield. The image is made up of six horizontal stripes. The outside ones are white, and inside it goes yellow, pink, navy, turquoise (top to bottom). On the top white band in green it says "Jamie Hale" centrally with "Shield" in pink next to that. There is a white mask across the coloured bands. At the bottom on the white band it says "Verve Poetry Press" in pink

Shield (MacTaggart Lecture)

Posted on: September 12, 2021 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Arts, News, Personal, Poetry
When I’m not writing poetry, I’m also moving into writing for television – a world I’m realising just makes disabled people almost completely invisible – most of the time. The MacTaggart Lecture…
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A black background with Jamie seated in their electric wheelchair, lit from the torso upwards. Above them in pink neon is the word "inspirational"

Director / Theatremaker of the Year – Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund

Posted on: March 4, 2021 Last updated on: July 2, 2025 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts, News, Performance
I’m delighted to have received one of the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund Awards in Directing and Theatre-Making. I was nominated back in November by the Barbican Centre – probably because of…
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Experimental! An online writing retreat for D/deaf and disabled writers

Posted on: July 23, 2020 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts
For a little while now, I have been asking on Twitter for recommendations of D/deaf and disabled writers and I am now delighted to announce why! Experimental! is an online writing retreat…
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jamie in a hospital bed on stage, the words "NOT DYING" projected above their head

Solo show: NOT DYING

Posted on: June 18, 2020 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Arts, Performance, Poetry
You missed it! A film of this show was available on YouTube until August – but it’s gone. If you want a chance to catch it in future, keep a close eye…
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Dissembling Nature @ Deptford Literature Festival

Posted on: February 24, 2020 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts, Performance, Poetry
I am very excited to be leading a workshop titled Dissembling Nature as a part of Deptford Literature Festival – it’s going to be great, and I really encourage you to book…
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Jamie in a silver shirt

The Stage

Posted on: July 11, 2019 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts, Performance
My show went from ‘coming to terms with dying’ to ‘coming to terms with living in the world’ Jamie Hale for The stage
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Three stage lights and a microphone

Performer, exhibit, excluded. Who’s on stage and whose stories are suppressed?

Posted on: November 23, 2017 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts, Poetry
When we see performers on stage, what bodies are reflected in front of us – and what does that mean for the future of performance? Transpose is an evening performance at the Barbican…
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