Our final recipient for our unAwards 2025 is unLock awardees @politerebellion_ This award is for mid-career artists working within an arts producing organisation to unLock further support and/or enhance an ambitious project that is ready for final production. Polite Rebellion is a disabled-led company facilitating the practice of Leeds-based artist Ellie Harrison. Polite Rebellion is radically gentle. Playfully subversive. In an age of relentless noise it dares to be boldly quiet. It needs to be both beautiful and useful. We can’t wait to share more about their unLock project in due course! (fb)

Our final announcement for the UnLab awardees is @timeandagaintc ! Time & Again are a multi-award winning theatre company with an innovative niche of exploring disability and mental health within a vibrant historical context. Their new writing pushes the boundaries of how a story can be told visually, whilst having accessibility at its heart via creative captioning, integrated BSL, and projections. They are passionate about showing that disability, neurodivergence, and mental health aren’t new concepts – they have always been present throughout history – and they want to positively represent this on our stages. They are particularly interested in giving voice to the lives of women who pushed boundaries, either by working in typically male-dominated industries, engaging in political or revolutionary ideas, or behaving in a way that wasn’t deemed acceptable by society at the time. Keep an eye out for who has been awarded our unLock funding early next week 👀 (fb)