AKA ‘Quality of Life is Not a Measurable Outcome’ This solo show was originally developed through the Barbican OpenLab programme in 2018, and was first staged at the Lyric Hammersmith and Barbican…
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Shield – my poetry pamphlet is RELEASED
At the beginning of the pandemic, I spoke to my GP about being ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ and intensive care treatment, and he told me that I was “stuck between a rock and…
SHIELD
On the 14th Jan 2021, Shield – my first poetry pamphlet – will be published by Verve Press. Exploring my experience as a disabled person during the pandemic through a variety of…
The Stage
My show went from ‘coming to terms with dying’ to ‘coming to terms with living in the world’ Jamie Hale for The stage
CRIPtic & NOT DYING
I’m very excited to tell you that I’ll be bringing my solo show to the Barbican on the 11th and 12th October 2019, and curating a showcase of disabled artists to accompany…
Future as Celebration: Transpose @ the Barbican
In a world that feels bleak, it is important not to accustom ourselves to living without the hope that we can build a better future.
At Transpose: The Future (Barbican Centre, 6th-8th Dec), a collection of trans artists come together to explore how this could be done, through mediums ranging from opera to electronica and poetry.
Tickets from £5 (conc) to £15 (standard).
At Transpose: The Future (Barbican Centre, 6th-8th Dec), a collection of trans artists come together to explore how this could be done, through mediums ranging from opera to electronica and poetry.
Tickets from £5 (conc) to £15 (standard).
Aseptic
Performed at the Saboteur Awards in May 2018, aseptic is a collaboration between poets Jamie Hale and Emily Robinson. Created in PechaKucha format, the piece uses found text and hospital imagery to explore the creation of value through living despite the diminishing of the disabled body to medical curiosity.
A Poet in London? Not if you’re travelling by wheelchair!
Building a career as a poet in London is hard enough – doing it while relying on wheelchair accessible public transport is almost impossible The problem with trying to build a performance…
Icarus
Icarus, by Jamie Hale, published in Poetry Quarterly – Winter 2018 Icarus is told as a tragedy But to love life that much For one perfect moment – he soared And his end obscures…
Performer, exhibit, excluded. Who’s on stage and whose stories are suppressed?
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…