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Audio description in theatre

Summary: Information about audio description in theatre.

• In your area
• Further information

Do you enjoy visiting the theatre or do you not go to performances as you find it difficult to follow the plot?

Audio described theatre performances are available at over one hundred theatres around the country. The description brings alive what is happening on stage for people with sight problems. It describes the action, scenery, facial expressions and costumes.

Venues often offer pre-performance notes and touch tours. These enable you to receive a description of the set or the ability to visit the stage before the performance. They also give details of scenery, props and an opportunity to meet the actors.

What’s on brochures should also be available in your preferred format.

In your area

To find out what performances are going to be described in the next few months, visit our what’s on in theatre page.

Further information

For further information or to give feedback on your experiences at a venue, please contact the RNIB Media and Culture Officer, telephone 020 7391 2150 or email audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

RNIB also offers advice to theatre professionals on how to make their services accessible.

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Content author: audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13