Disabled Artists’ Theatre Festival 2024

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 UN Convention 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.

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