Workshop: Creative Approaches to Access with Mary Sutherland, Associate Director of Wonder Boy

Join Mary Sutherland, Associate Director, in a workshop that will use group activities to encourage a creative approach to access.

The skills we will explore will be collaboration, problem solving, design work and task prioritisation. Participants will explore different options for access and the process of integrating access.

The participants will work in small groups to design and pitch a show with access integrated into their model, considering the needs of each department, before coming together to share and celebrate what they've learnt. 

This workshop is for: theatre makers, practitioners, Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists, directors, designers and any artists who would like to learn more about integrating access into their work. You can sign up by clicking the button below.

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About Mary Sutherland

Associate Director, Wonder Boy

Mary is an emerging theatre director from the Midlands, now based in London. She became deafened in 2018 but continued working as a musical director. She graduated from East 15 MFA Theatre Directing in 2022. Mary is passionate about integrating music, BSL and creative captioning into theatre. Mary specialises in new writing projects and takes a collaborative approach to theatre making.

She previously came from a STEM background and enjoys drawing on unique and unexpected sources for storytelling and devising.  

Directing credits include: Judgement Day (George Wood Theatre), Wonder Boy (Bristol Old Vic, 2022), The Shape of the Pain (Corbett Theatre, 2022), Dog (Drayton Arms Theatre, 2021), Romeo and Juliet (PSC, 2021), Treasure Island (Derby Theatre, 2020), The Rover (RSC, 2016). Musical theatre credits include: The Addams Family (DUMT, 2020), Bring it On! (DUMT, 2019), Legally Blonde (DUMT, 2018).