The vast stage in Sophiensæle set and ready for our performances of Unsightly Drag and Friends as part of Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer festival in 2022. Bright rainbow lights shine down and through atmospheric mist, illuminating a smaller platform stage in the large space. On the platform stage are two speakers in the lower corners and a single stool with stage detritus on top of it (probably a headmic and gaffer tape) placed centre. Behind the stool, dark curtains part to create an entrance bathed in blue.
what do we do?
Quiplash is here to take space for queer crips (quips), further queer crip performance, queer accessibility, and f*ck sh!t up.
This means:
Playing with perceived norms within LGBTQ+ spaces and disability lead spaces in order to create change.
Pushing the boundaries of performance in more radical and inclusive ways.
Training, consulting and creating inclusive access for organisations, artists, spaces and performance
Creating and promoting community based models of access for the queer community.
Basically, we:
consult,
run engaging workshops,
run fun training,
support LGBTQ+ and disabled artists; and
make really cool performances.
our work
Photo by the wonderful @aliwright_photographs
Three stunning drag queens stand in a line on stage holding sparkly bats between their legs and making stern faces. All three are in suits that are tailored to their curvaceous bodies. Lolo on the left is in purple with green hair. Lilly is in the middle in all pink. Scarlet is on the right in all red.
“Quiplash were so informative, patient and understanding. We don't what we would have done without their great guidance, helping us on our journey to being as camp and accessible as possible”
– Lolo O’Neill, LADs
Birdie, a slim, heavily tattooed white woman, is your resident drag historian. She glares at you sternly through her retro cat-eyed spectacles and heavy eye makeup. She has one hand on her hip, and the other pointing emphatically at something out of the frame. She wears a little black dress and a flamboyant, pink patterned scholar’s robe with a flash of bright red lining showing through in her oversized sleeves. Her pastel pink hair is perfectly coiffed underneath a black graduation cap with a pink rim (lol).
Quiplash provided creative access, focusing on creative audio description for the Travelling Queer People’s History Show by the always fabulous Bird La Bird and Michael Achtman.
”The best thing about working with Bird la Bird is that she had a million ideas, and all I had to say was ‘THIS SOUNDS GREAT’ and help her work out how to make them in to a reality. She’s the epitome of best practice.”
– Amelia, co founder of Quiplash
Image of two aerial performers in a black and white costumes that looks like space suits. They are tangled together and tumbling through mid air, held up by harnesses and surrounded by shoots of rainbow light. It looks as though we are seeing them through a prism. The background is a deep black.
“Amelia Cavallo was an inspiration to work with on our project.
[Their] honest, incisive and forthright observations challenged and helped us to realise our aspirations to make our work more accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences in new creative ways. We are incredibly grateful for [their] help and look forward to working with [them] again the future.”
– Kate Lawrence of Vertical Dance after working with our co-founder Amelia Cavallo
Selfie of the whole quiplash fambly. Amelia (left) and Al (right) are peaking over the top of Noodle the cat, our general MEOWnager. Amelia is a slim white person wearing a neon tie dye cap backwards like a cool dad. Al is a white, small fat person with curly brown hair. They look happily squished under Noodle who is a fluffy white cat with black markings on her chin, nose and back. Noodle is contentedly resting her chin on Amelia’s hand and looking sleepy, her bright green eyes half shut. Towering lovingly over everyone is Gary, a lime green, person shaped pillow. He’s sat at the top of the couch, blue eyes and nose pointing towards the 3 below him. He doesn’t have a mouth, but if he did he would definitely be smiling.
who are we?
Quiplash is queer crip (power) couple Amelia and Al Lander-Cavallo.
Amelia, is a queer blind theatre practitioner, director and academic.
Al, is a queer autistic non binary artist and producer.
Noodle is our rescue cat. She has very curly tummy hairs, anxiety and loves coconut oil.
Together we live in a cute house in Sheffield and work all over the world from our home office and sometimes even in person!
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