VocalEyes - The Interval 5 May 2021

Since the first lockdown in March 2020 with many theatres going dark and many museums, galleries and heritage sites having to close their doors, VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people, started up a weekly email newsletter titled The Interval to share up-coming online accessible events for blind and partially sighted people.

 

In this week’s VocalEyes - The Interval here on RNIB Connect Radio Toby Davey is joined again by Jess Beal from VocalEyes to highlight a number of online accessible arts events from the VocalEyes weekly email newsletter The Interval.

 

Items highlighted included:

Wildworks Theatre - Meet Me at the Edge. Audio-described film on YouTube.

Voices from The Peak podcast with Poet Mark Wynne Jones. Marking the 70th anniversary of the Peak District National Park.

Mondrian exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland. YouTube video

Audio description of 5 key works from the exhibition.

Summer at Opera Holland Park with audio description  - Booking is now open for audio described performances of - 

La Traviata, Saturday 19th June at 2pm.

The Marriage of Figaro, Sunday 20th June at 2pm.

L’amico Fritz, Sunday 18th July at 2pm.

The Cunning Little Vixen, Sunday 25th July at 2pm.

 

To sign up to the VocalEyes weekly email newsletter The Interval and more details about these and other accessible events do visit the VocalEyes website -  https://vocaleyes.co.uk/


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