Jonny Cotsen

Born in Cardiff, Jonny is a qualified graphic designer and teacher but has left his professional career to develop himself as a performance artist, facilitator and consultant for inclusion in the arts. Jonny developed and wrote the ACW Toolkit for venues and theatre companies, which provides guidance on how to improve access for D/deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences in Wales.

Jonny also runs inclusive drama workshops and is a D/deaf Equality trainer for disabled and non-disabled trustees of Disability Arts Cymru. Jonny was the artist residence with Pervasive Media Studio based at the Watershed in Bristol.

Jonny is our lead D/Deaf consultant and has worked on both phases of our Widening Engagement research.