1988 1988 - Oily Cart develop Box of Socks, their first performance specifically for children and young people with severe learning disabilities1988, January - Heart n Soul have been performing their second show, The Longest, and now begin work on a new show with the provisional title Peace on Earth1988, January - Path Productions presents Androcles and the Lion, Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre1988, January - Arts Council and Shape appoint Ad Lib research team to investigate work on photography being by and with disabled people1988, 22 January - Whitechapel Art Gallery set aside a day of the Fernand Leger exhibition for visitors with visual impairments - 15 attended1988, January - Nabil Shaban denied work on Granada's Microman children's TV series1988, January 25 - 60 people demonstrate outside Granada studioes against dropping of Nabil Shaban from Microman1988, February - Graeae Theatre Skills Training Course1988, February - Graeae women's company invited to tour Malaysia1988, February - Talent '87 conference produces an embryonic European Disability Arts Forum (EDAF)1988, February - London Deaf Drama Group present King James and his Beau1988, February - Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre perform Light Cycle 5, The Place1988, 26 - 27 March - Manchester Disabled People's Arts Conference 1988, 2 March - Exhibition of work by disabled people1988, March - Ringroad, a play with music written especially for children over 8 with hearing impairments1988, Amici Dance Theatre Company in 'Ruckbluck'1988, March - Disability Arts Conference, Manchester1988, April - April Experimental Workshop for Deaf People in Visual Expression of Music1988, 16 April - LDAF first AGM 1988, April - Jag Plah wins City Limits/New Variety New Act of the Year award1988 - Launch of cabaret club at the Diorama1988, 28 May - Bucks Disability Arts Day, Limelight Theatre, Queens Park Centre1988, May - Blood, Sweat and Fears by Marie Oshodi, directed by David Salkin, about Sickle Cell Anaemia1988, May - DisAbility in De Community, a festival in aid of sickle cell anaemia1988, May - US activist Judy Heumann speaks at County Hall1988, June - Premiere of Peace on Earth, new Heart n Soul show, following success of The Longest (1986) and Rock and Roll Dance (1987)1988, July - BCODP demonstration against Social Security Act1988, July - 'A Sense of Self', featuring a variety of photographers, some disabled 1988, July - Auditions for Neti-Neti show, The Beggar in the Palace, for young people with hearing impairments. Written by Penny Cadagli and Caroling Griffin, directed by John Wilson, director of National Youth Theatre of the Deaf1988, Jluy - 'What are they saying about us?' ReVamp Productions meeting for Disabled women to look at how they are represented in mainstream film and TV1988, July - Peer Gynt by Path Productions1988, July - Poetry and song by Ellie Wilkie, The Fallen Angel1988, July - Basement Youth Arts Festival1988, August - Disabled Artists' Day1988, August - Islanders, new magazine for deafened young people1988, August - Launch of LDAF 's The Workhouse1988, September - National Youth Theatre of the Deaf present sign language production of Midsummer Night's Dream, with John Wilson1988, 8 September - LDAF's The Workhouse event1988, 16-23 September - Bradford Festival includes many events for disabled people, organised by local organisation In-Valid1988, 25 September - Day event organised by Oldham Artability1988, 20 - 24 September - Moving On '881988, October - Haringey Connexions Disability Arts Festival, with performers including poet Rosita Green1988, 18 October - Tower Hamlets Arts and Disability Group hold a day of exhibitions, displays and demonstrations of creativity by and for people with disabilities1988, October - Milton Keynes Disability Arts and Sports Day, organised by disabled people and for disabled people1988, 5 November - One day course on signed singing1988, 28 November - London's first fully accessible dark-room and studio to be opened in Hendon, a project by CRAB and CLIC1988, 3 November 1988 - LDAF's The Workhouse event1988, November - Neti-Neti The Beggar in the Palace, written in BSL, English and Bengali1988, November - Maggie Woolley appointed first disabled Director of Shape1988, November - Royal Academy runs its first workshop for people with visual impairments1988, November - Signed production of Pinocchio, Unicorn Theatre1988, 1 December - LDAF's The Workhouse1988, December - Heart n Soul single Peace on Earth launched at House of Commons1988, 10 December - Focus, Ealing disabled people's organisation, launches with Disability Cabaret1988, December - Christmas in The Workhouse1988, 2 -3 December - Presentation by and for Disabled Women Artists, Women's Slide Library1988, 14 December - The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See 1988, December - Shrinkin' Man Ian Stanton cassette includes Chip on Yer Shoulder, S.O.S. and Talking Disabled Anarchist1988, December - Freedom Liberty and Tinsel Aaron Williamson's first poetry collection1988, December - North East Media Training Centre recruiting for two year professional film and video production course. Included six places for profoundly Deaf people Manage Cookie Preferences