ALT Alice says: “I think it will be exciting for them being immersed in Storyhouse itself, with a group of people who get used to being there and as part of that family, and hopefully by the end of that they’ll be a group of 15 disabled artists that feel like they have ownership of the space. “And that’s what it’s all about. We’re raising voices within the arts from the disabled community who want to do something and share something. And there’s also professionalism there, there’s being part of a theatre company, there’s all those other skills they learn as well. “It’s about quality. It’s not going to be ribbons on sticks – it’s going to be proper theatre.”

ALT A collaboration between Storyhouse and Birkenhead-based arts organisation RAWD, the Kaleidoscope Company is the first disability-led theatre group in the city.

ALT A collaboration between Storyhouse and Birkenhead-based arts organisation RAWD, the Kaleidoscope Company is the first disability-led theatre group in the city. It promises to offer talented people aged 16 and over from the Chester area the chance to work with other performers, learn drama, dance and music skills and then to create fantastic theatre in which to showcase them.