Author: Milton Lopes

Milton Lopes is a London based interdisciplinary maker, writer, musician and actor who explores autobiography, race and disability in his work. We talk with him about his upcoming show Elephant, Buddhism, up-skilling and pushing against expectations.

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Milton Lopes

Milton Lopes

A graphic novel style painting in red and black, of Milton Lopes, a mixed race man, with shoulder length dreadlocks and who doesn't have fingers on his left hand. He is doing aerial harness, in the middle of a red painted spiral, reaching towards the centre of the image with his left hand.

“I really don’t like the way that people see disabled performers as inspirational or ‘brave’, regardless of what we do on stage”