Funding boost will help Strabane artist perform in London

STRABANE artist Isaac Quinn has received a £1,000 grant through the Atypical Generation Fund to support his upcoming performance at the Camden Fringe Festival in London.

The funding programme, delivered by University of Atypical on behalf of Arts Council of Northern Ireland using National Lottery funding, supports deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists across the North in developing their creative practice.

Isaac said the funding will help cover the accessibility costs involved in travelling to London and staying in suitable accommodation while he performs his one-man show, ‘Retardant.’

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“This funding is supporting me, as a disabled person with accessibility needs, to be able to travel to London and stay in suitable accommodation, so I can perform at the Camden Fringe Festival,” he said.

“My one man show, ‘Retardant’, is about a young autistic trans man, leaving his home in rural Donegal for Belfast, in pursuit of his coming-of-age dreams, inspired by his favourite TV show – it’s about fandom, it’s about queer coming of age, and there’s musical numbers.

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“I’m really happy to have gotten this funding, and the support and belief in me from University of Atypical means a lot and has given me so much confidence in myself.”

The newly renamed Atypical Generation Fund — formerly known as the Deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund — awarded grants to 20 artists working across a variety of disciplines including theatre, film, literature, visual arts and music.