El is a queer, disabled theatre maker and researcher with a lifelong passion and commitment to bringing arts practice and health together. Their Ph.D. in facilitated arts in mental health practice has brought insights into the national and international landscape of creativity and health. Combined with El’s creative practice and lived experience of disability, their knowledge bridges the worlds of practice and academia, community arts, and health.
Their work is centred around a passion for bringing theatre and creativity to people who might not usually access the arts, amplifying voices, coproduction, and making exciting theatre experiences that speak to everyone. They have worked in arts and health across Yorkshire for 20 years and work for darts in Doncaster and Next Door But One in York, where El is part of the leadership team.