Michèle Taylor has been Director for Change at Ramps on the Moon since the Consortium was convened. For the last 10 years, she has supported partner theatres to embed disability equality into their organisations and to realise their ambitions around elevating disabled people across the mainstream industry.

Michèle is a disability equality trainer and consultant who set up her own business in 1992 to work with arts and other cultural organisations. She has seen immense change across the sector in that time, and is still impatient for more:

“It’s time to focus on anti-ableism: recognising that as disabled people, we are no longer satisfied with being granted access into an essentially ableist sector. I am proud of the Ramps on the Moon partners for the work they have done to reflect on their own structures and processes, and to share their learning.”

Over the years, Michèle has worked with clients such as The British Museum, The Royal Opera House, The University of Gothenberg, Cultural Heritage Without Borders and the BBC. She sits on a number of boards, including UK Theatre, and has a national profile in this area of work.

Michèle loves nothing more than to question orthodoxy and to challenge assumptions. She believes that an attitude of curiosity, together with a healthy dash of mischief is necessary to effect change.