1989 19891989, February - Whitechapel Gallery holds touch workshop relating to Richard Deacon exhibition1989, January - Neti-Neti's The Beggar in the Palace criticised by Deaf for low standard of singing1989, January - Ellen Wilkie - Wilkie and the Tallboy poetry and songs1989, January - February - Exhibition of work by Asian batik artist Shaheen Merali1989, January - Linda Moss, Arts Council Disability Officer, criticises bad integrated companies in DAIL article 'Towards a Disability Culture'1989, February - Outrage among disabled people when they find that the Arts Council is applying for exemption from employment quota1989, February - Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre spring show, A Stranger Disintegrates1989, 9 February - The Workhouse1989, 23 February - The Workhouse1989, February - Theatre Venture presents The Adventures of Curly, a new touring play for deaf children by Terry Ruane1989, March - Red is the Colour of the Night, a new play about fantasy an isolation by Peter Storfer1989, March - Rainbow Drama Group present Get Out of Bed - an evening of zappy sketches and songs, sad, sinister and side-splitting, all around the theme of getting up1989, March - Women-only event at Hounslow Voluntary Action Centre, including Ellie Wilkie and the Tallboy, Wanda Barbara and Dorothy Miles1989, March - Nothing to Declare, new show by Strathcona, Jackson's Lane Community Centre - continue to tour throughout 19891989, March - The International Women's Day Show at Hackney Empire includes Wanda Barbara, Ashley Grey and Elspeth Morrison (comperes), Kata Kolbert and Kate Portal (music), and Sarah Scott (signed song)1989, 9 March - The Workhouse 1989, March - The East End Festival (TEEF) 19891989, April - Caxton Hall cabaret1989, May - Trapped in Llanwog Castle by London Deaf Drama Group, Camden Institute Theatre1989, 9 - 12 May - Common Ground Sign Theatre present Our Town - an exuberant adventure for children aged 12 and under, Unicorn Theatre for Children1989, May - Open letter in DAIL to Luke Rittner, Secretary General of the Arts Council, by Allan Sutherland. The letter takes issue with Arts Council's application for exemption from the employment quota for disabled people1989, May - Simon Brisenden dies1989, June - Feminist Arts News includes a diverse collection of work by 18 disabled women, including Kata Kolbert, Sian Vasey, Ann Rae and Gioya Steinke1989, June - Broucek by Green Jam (Greenwich Young People's Theatre)1989, June - Women's Night at The Workhouse1989, July - The casting of a non-disabled actor to play Christie Brown in My Left Foot is widely criticised by disabled people, including actor Nabil Shaban writing in DAIL1989, July - Heart n Soul present The Dungeon of Love, Albany Empire1989, July - The Cornflake Box by Elspeth Morrison - part of Movin' On Festival and tours London until 31 August1989, 23 - 29 July - Movin' On - a festival of arts by disabled people1989, August - Milton Keynes Disability Arts and Sports Festival, Woughton Centre. Wide range of workshops, plus evening cabaret1989, September - Ellen Wilkie dies1989, October - Ealing Disabilities Cabaret Night1989, 14 October - Third Connexions Haringey Disability Arts Festival, Chestnuts community centre1989, October - The Workhouse, Chat's Palace1989, October - Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre presents A Stranger Disintegrates, Ealing, followed by a national tour1989, November - The Workhouse, Jackson's Lane1989, November - Strathcona Theatre Company present Nothing to Declare (their seventh major production) at The Cockpit1989, November - Simon Brisenden's Body Shopping is made available1989, 9 - 25 November - 'From the Alchemist's Library' - sculptures by Adam Reynolds, Adam Gallery, Walcot Square1989, December - The Workhouse, Chat's Palace Manage Cookie Preferences