May I Take Your Arm? - Workshop Performance

Description

May I Take Your Arm? started in May of 2026 when award-winning, Blind performer, Alex Bulmer visited London, Ontario and invited a small number of locals to join her for simple encounters: a meeting, a conversation, a shared route through places familiar to Londoners. Along streets they love, places they return to, places that hold a story. And as they walked, they guided Alex –describing, navigating, noticing –and together they talked.

The walks were recorded and transformed into a stunning, 3D soundscape designed by UK-based, sonic artist Lewis Gibson. 

May I Take Your Arm? deconstructs the visual preoccupation in theatre in order to show us how sound can be shaped. Through her visceral writing and riveting presence, Alex reveals how noise becomes sound, sound becomes place, and place gives meaning to the unknown.

May I Take Your Arm? Will perform a limited run of performances at TAP Centre for Creativity’s Bruce B. Johnson Theatre. All performances of May I Take Your Arm? are accessible to Blind/Low Vision audience members as it was created and designed with them as the priority.  There are no flashing lights in May I Take Your Arm?

Performance Information

Workshop Performance

• Saturday, September 5th

• 7:30pm - 8:30pm

• Pay what you can: $5 - $25

• This is a workshop performance. The production is not in its final finished state and feedback is welcome after the show.

Click here for tickets to the final performance on September 11th - 7:30pm.

Pre-Show Access

Join us for a free session in the main gallery of TAP before the show. Pre-Show Access is hosted by members of the production team in order to respond to the needs of individual audience members that aren’t covered by prepared access measures. 

• Pre-Show Access starts at 6:30pm -7:30pm. 

• If you wish to reserve a seat, you can do so during this time. 

About

May I Take Your Arm? is a disability-led theatre arts project by Canadian, Blind Alex Bulmer. Named one of the most influential disabled artists by UK’s Power Magazine, Alex Bulmer has over thirty-five years’ experience across theatre, film, radio and education. She is fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable, dedicated to collaborative practice, and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind. 

Creative Team

Artistic Lead, performer, writer - Alex Bulmer

Co-director - Tristan Whiston

Dramaturg - Lou Cope

Performance Environment Design - Anna Camilleri

Audio Archivist and Sound Design - Lewis Gibson

Movement Direction - Sara Porter

In-field recording - Mike Donaldson

Local blind mentee - Lisa Kovac

Production Team

Producer - Erin Clark 

Production Manager - Pat Lyn

Stage Manager - Kydra Ryan

Access Support - Annie Lee

Access Support - Stephan Ortiz

Access Support - Rio Palmer

Access Support - Sarah Palmer 

Access Support - Mariam Waliji

Access Support for the walks - Mandy MacLean

Assistant access support for the walks - Jeff Orchard

London Walkers

Mariam Waliji

Susan Jory

Bizz Varty

Jeff Orchard

Faewyn Stark

Mai Tilson

Support

Supported by Canada Council for the Arts 

Developed in collaboration with the National Arts Centre’s Creative Producer Fellowship. 

May I Take Your Arm? Was originally produced by ReDefine Arts