A reflection on an invitation to the regional cultural centre in Torun, Poland and my contribution to their international conference, Universal Design in Performing Arts. Torun was the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, an early sixteenth century mathematician and astronomer, who in his time introduced revolutionary models that shifted fundamental design thinking about the universe.   […]

Maria reflects on  her path through her PhD, as well as how the echo of the place ‘Hawkwood’ past and present, has played it’s part for Extant.   We went to stay at Hawkwood, an educational centre just overlooking the Stroud Valley in Gloucestershire,  central to Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical movement.   Hawkwood – Matter and […]

‘You’d go on the dole and do your art alongside it’: Maria Oshodi and Sola Oyeleye on 1980s Black theatre Published by Skin Deep Maria wrote her sophomore play in 1986 and it was first produced by Olusola Oyeleye for Harmony Theatre in 1988, touring nationally. https://skindeepmag.com/articles/maria-oshodi-olusola-sola-oyeleye-black-theatre-1980s

I’ve witnessed a range of visually impaired accessible dance presentations and am involved  on  consulting and dramaturgy on some dance  R/D’s and up-coming  dance performances. The question with this form is always whether something so visual, in motion an  often wordless, can be made accessible and  enjoyable to audiences that can’t fully see what’s going […]

What is the difference between access consultancy, access dramaturgy and a car crash? My experience of three recent AD consultancies has prompted this question in the ever confused, grasping and turbulent world of theatre making, where including integrated audio description (IAD) or VI representation in productions has been a desire, to do the right thing, or maybe not. The three […]

https://extant.org.uk/a-blog-from-maria-oshodi-on-the-journey-to-and-start- of-the-companys-phd

Co-Directed the family show Super Power Panto that toured the UK in 2023 Super Power Panto

Co-Directed the national tour of Flight Paths and Directed the digital online version – More details to be found here: Current project Digital Flight Paths