Blazing the Trail
Yes, you’re in the right place, you’ve come to where it all began - the VisABLE initiative - launched to create a fresh mindset towards disability.
Those first steps were taken back in the early 90’s by VisABLE founder, Louise Dyson, when she established the world’s first agency to provide artists to be cast in roles, where their disability was not part of the character brief or storyline.
Fast forward to today, where seeing a disabled artist in an everyday role in a drama or soap, is unremarkable - literally.
If you’re interested in knowing more about the history of how today’s brilliant disabled artists came to be seen on TV and Film, check out The Crucible page.
TV
Besides a long list of regular roles in drama, comedy and soaps for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, VisABLE artists can be seen featuring opposite the biggest stars in some great series, via the top streaming services like Netflix, Apple, Sky, Amazon & Disney+
We've always felt especially chuffed, each time we’ve launched the TV career of another child still nurturing their dream of acting, by booking them as main cast members on popular television series. All while still in school, so establishing a solid foundation for their future work, as a result.
We’ve fulfilled the dreams of countless others by getting them onto the most requested shows we find on so many artists’ wish lists.. Dr Who and EastEnders
Film
After our artists were cast in several UK successes, it was only a matter of time before the major Hollywood studios and LA casting directors beat a path to our door.
We are very happy that these days, our USA client base of featured roles includes Disney, NBC Universal, Legendary, Warner Brothers.. plus others we can only reveal on our socials, at the time of each public launch. We get to sign a lot of NDAs!
Theatre
From some very challenging spaces at the Edinburgh Fringe, to the luxury of the space in the prestigious National Theatre, our seasoned professionals regularly appear on the most important stages in London and Dublin and across the best theatres in the UK, in everything from Panto to the Russian classics.
Voice
We work with the biggest producers on Lead roles in Radio 4 plays, Disney animations, audiobook narration for the major publishers and voices for corporate and commercials.
Film too, the Sundance multiple award winning feature Ibelin, a brilliant Norwegian gaming story voiced by several of our top artists, is on Netflix from 2025.
Modelling & Corporate
Many of the biggest international brands feature fabulous VisABLE models in their campaigns, to promote everything from luxury cars and designer fashion labels, to beer, spectacles and mobile phones.
When the EU owners of fashion brands Gucci, LVH and Stella McCartney wanted models for posters across their network of stores, they immediately came to us. So did the Cabinet Office at Number 10.
We regularly supply experienced artists in the Hero roles on a string of international commercials, for products ranging from dog food to banking.
A glance across Some of the People We’ve Worked With gives a bigger picture .
Presenters
After previously being responsible for launching the careers of several popular television presenters, it came naturally to us to identify the most talented individuals at VisABLE, who quickly became household names, presenting programmes including quiz shows, sport and children’s TV.
Firsts
VisABLE artist Ed Larkin made history in 2023, by becoming the first wheelchair user to star in the main role in a West End musical, The Little Big Things, which he went on to perform at The London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall, in 2024.
We were delighted to have Mark Beer cast as the first wheelchair using actor to appear in panto on a London stage and Sam Barnard became the first actor with Down's Syndrome to star in a professional Pantomime.
Overseas
VisABLE artists get to travel. They are whisked off to film across Europe, in Scandinavia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, (despite Brexit.. don’t get us started!) quite a bit of Eastern Europe plus Japan and South Africa and the USA.
VisABLE had previously had some pretty amazing global PR, giving magazine and newspaper interviews and appearing on television news and talk shows for media in most of those countries and a few more too.
The Name?!
Yes, we can spell!
VisABLE is a hybrid of the words VISIBLE and ABLE… to emphasise the importance of VISIBILITY while demonstrating how very ABLE our brilliant artists are.
Way back, before spellcheck. It seemed like a good idea at the time… So yes, it’s deliberate.