Highlights for the new year of audio described theatre in Sydney
Vision Australia is once again collaborating with leading theatre companies in greater Sydney to offer audio described performances thorough out 2011.
Every show for Ensemble Theatre’s subscription season will have at least two performances audio described. In March, Peter Quilter’s Just the Ticket, a tale of one woman’s global journey in search of love, joy and cocktails, has three audio described sessions.
Sydney Theatre Company will present audio described performances in both the Drama Theatre at Sydney Opera House and Sydney Theatre through out the year. A period play with a contemporary slant, In the Next Room by Sarah Ruhl, will be audio described in March at the Drama Theatre.
Productions by Joe Orton, Harold Pinter and Andrew Upton, among others, will follow throughout the year at Sydney Theatre.
Opera Australia is offering one audio described opera performance in February - The Barber of Seville, a farcical comedy of errors and mistaken identities by Rossini, sung in Italian.
The Seymour Centre are presenting Turns by Reg Livermore in February, a reflection on identity, family, show business and ‘losing your marbles’.
In May, Riverside Theatre, Parramatta is presenting an audio described performance of Rainbow’s End, by Jane Harrison and starring Christine Anu and Penrith’s Q Theatre will also present audio described performances throughout the year.
To find out more about dates, times and booking procedures for these productions contact the theatres directly.
If you would like a list of all audio described performances programmed at these theatres contact Sophie Clausen, Access Coordinator, Accessible Arts tel: 02 9251 6400 or ac@aarts.net.au.
