Non negotiable: Every public show I do needs to be wheelchair accessible.

I talk about this often.

If my community cannot get into the room, I cannot get into the room.
I've turned down many organisers and venues because the space is not ACCESSIBLE. It is our joint responsibility to make spaces as inclusive as possible. 

I've done some excellent work over the years with CRIPtic arts [a fantastic disability-led organisation] and my main principle is this: every venue that hosts my work needs to be doing the work to allow everyone to independently access the room. 

It's not good enough to ask my guests to "use the fire escape" to enter a building - or not provide clear guidance on how navigate their space.

I'm talking about collective responsibility and care. If I put in enough time and effort to balance the finance, the logistics and the day-to-day of being a touring performing artist whilst enquiring about access and respecting the social model of disability, then fully paid and well-resourced organisations, venues and companies with teams of people can do the same. 

I might do certain aspects of accessibility imperfectly [I'm working on how to further include captioning and AD across most of my work and how to make my exhibitions easier to access] but my commitment is to all sections of my audience and it's about opening up that conversation so everyone can live well and enjoy this art.

I hope my stance is clear, I will always try to book shows in accessible venues - and on the absolute rare occasion where I cannot, I will announce this ahead of time and commit to film the show for my community.

But often if I'm booking a show and the space is not in any way wheelchair accessible for my community - I will in 95% of cases decline.