Hijinx

Hijinx is one of Europe's leading inclusive theatre companies, creating exceptional performances with autistic and learning disabled performers on stage and screen, for Wales and around the world.

Hijinx was founded in 1981 as a small-scale touring company, with the aim of making theatre accessible to all. Born out of a passion for performance, collaboration, and creativity, the company fosters safe and supportive spaces where neurodivergent and neurotypical actors can be equal partners in the arts.
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Both professionals and non-professionals are supported and celebrated: their first community group, Odyssey, was established in 1999, and in 2008 Hijinx launched its flagship Unity Festival, the only one of its kind in Wales and one of the largest in Europe.

Hijinx is the only organization in Wales providing professional drama training to people with learning disabilities and/or autism: it opened its first Academy in 2012 and now operates five of them in centers across Wales (Colwyn Bay, Carmarthen, Aberystwyth and Cardiff).
Her recent forays into film and television now inform the curriculum at her academies. Suffice it to say, Hijinx has a lot going for her—just as her name suggests.