Alex Bulmer

Alex Bulmer

Stratford: Friar in and co-adaptor and creative consultant for R+J. Named one of the most influential disabled artists by the U.K.’s Power Magazine, Alex Bulmer has worked internationally across theatre, film, television, radio and education for 30 years. She is fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable, committed to collaborative art practice, and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind. Alex is artistic director of Common Boots Theatre, co-founder of Cripping The Stage, lead curator of CoMotionFestival 2022 with Harbourfront Centre, and has worked with numerous companies in Canada and the U.K. She is a mentor for Deaf and disabled artists, emboldens others to imagine beyond the assumed and celebrates that disability is good for art.

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