Over the past twenty years my artistic practice spans acting, devising and leading workshops. I am also a playwright and author.
In 2017 I performed in Purposeless Movements. This was devised and directed by Robert Softley, in conjunction with Birds of Paradise Theatre Company. It featured four actors with varying degrees of Cerebral Palsy and told their stories of love, family, and politics through Dialogue, movement and dance. The show first toured around Scotland, and then in 2019 it was included in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
Other acting work has included, 2005 I was in a production of Moliere’s George Dandin, directed by Phillip Osment, and Produced by, Graeae Theatre Company.
A short film Welcome Stop, directed by Michael Achtman.
My solo show Fat which I wrote and performed, which was also directed by Michael Achtman.
I took Fat on tour which included DaDa Festival Liverpool where I won the “Emerging Artist Award” of 2010. I also went with the show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival In 2012.
In 2013 I was supported by the Arts Council England, the Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music & Drama to design and deliver performance workshops for people with alternative forms of communication.
In 2014 I was awarded an Unlimited R&D, exploring themes of rape and sexual abuse of disabled people through a mixture of realistic and abstract scenes.
I have also delivered accessible drama workshops for RAWD in Liverpool, spoken at the Integr ART conference in Geneva and at the Live Art Development Agency’s Access All Areas conference in London.
I am currently writing a book which is based on my life, titled, Why Isn’t School More Like Shopping? Which is nearing completion, and I hope to have published in the near future.
filmpro feature
In conversation with… Pete Edwards
For the first in our new series of artist interviews, we spoke to filmpro Associate Artist Pete Edwards about his early love of the stage and why we need more opportunities for disabled actors.
Work
WHY ISN’T SCHOOL MORE LIKE SHOPPING?
A NEW NOVEL BY PETE EDWARDS Following the launch on September 21, Pete’s book is now available to buy! We can ship the printed book within the UK, EU, US and Canada. It’s also available as an audiobook and an eBook. See below for pricing: If you would like to order multiple copies of the book, please contact us first for pricing. Read on to learn more about Pete and his novel, or click here to jump down the page and buy your copy. When artist Pete Edwards passed away in 2022, he left behind a work of fiction that
Pete Edward’s FAT
FAT was the multi-media journey of a man in search of his heart’s desire. Combining innovative video projections and sound designs with bizarre and poignant anecdotes, FAT followed a queer wheelie in his surreal quest to find the fat man, eat some spaghetti and live happily ever after.
