Empowerment. Engagement. Authenticity.
Reviews of Described Performances and Events
Since 2010, I have been attending theatre performances that have live audio description. Live audio description enhances the theatre experience for people with vision loss by describing the set, characters, costumes and action during a performance, without interrupting the performance. Patrons with vision loss wear earpieces so that the description is transmitted without disturbing others in the theatre.
Vocaleye Descriptive Arts has been providing live description for theatre goers with vision loss since 2009 and is the leader in this field in Canada. In recent years, Vocaleye has expanded their services to include live description at the Vancouver Pride Parade and at described tours of the Vancouver Art Gallery. In 2018, I was pleased to be elected to the Board of Directors of Vocaleye and currently sit as Vice Chair. I attended several described performances and events during the 2018-2019 Vocaleye season and have decided to write reviews for each event in the hopes that reading them will encourage more people with vision loss to come out to the theatre. It is also my hope that the sighted community will step up to support such a worthy and successful endeavour that integrates people with vision loss into the mainstream.
Unscripted: Yellow Objects
I was pleased to have the opportunity to work with Davey Calderon again. Read my Review of Yellow Objects.
E-volver 2020
Like many theatre arts festivals and events, the Revolver Festival has had to evolve. The 2020 version is called E-volver and runs from June 18-27, 2020. I was asked to evaluate how low-vision friendly two of the shows are. Find my reviews below and check out the E-volver Festival if you can.
Selective Memory - June 24 and 26, 2020
VocalEye Virtual Presentations
Going to a live theatre performance is off the agenda for now thanks to Covid 19. Anxious to engage with theatre goers with vision loss, VocalEye launched its first virtual arts presentation on May 24, 2020. Reviews of all virtual presentations will be posted below. I for one am happy that theatre has made its way into my home until I can venture onto its turf once more.
October 14, 2020 - No Child
October 7, 2020 - Tellurian Dinner
August 5-26, 2020 - Tippi and Stan
August 2, 2020 - Virtual Vancouver Pride
July 26, 2020 - Highlights from the Indian Summer Festival
July 15, 2020 - The Deep Blue Sea
July 8, 2020 - Trouble in Tahiti
May 24, 2020 - Assassinating Thomson
May 31, 2020 - Described Video Art Tour of Wanderings
Frontera: A Universal Vision
I was asked to write a promotional piece for the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Find out why I think Frontera should be described for the blind and partially-sighted community.
Reviews
pUsH International Performing Arts Festival
February 8, 2020 - Anywhere But Here
January 29, 2020 - She, Mami Wada and the Pussy Witch Hunt
Described Art Tours at the Vancouver Art Gallery
January 25, 2020 - Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life
November 30, 2019 - Transits and Returns
September 7, 2019 - ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: A LINE THROUGH TIME
June 1, 2019 - BC Access Awareness Day at the Vancouver Art Gallery
April 6, 2019 - French Moderns
VocalEye Described Performances and Events
February 16, 2020 - Noises Off
December 27, 2019 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
December 14, 2019 - Pinocchio at the East Van Panto
December 1, 2019 - The Sound of Music
November 22, 2019 - Translations (All Bodies Dance)
October 15, 2019 - The Birds and the Bees
October 12, 2019 - Stanley Park Ghost Train
October 6, 2019 -A Thousand Splendid Suns
October 5, 2019 - Described Art Walk
September 15, 2019 - Perv Hunters
September 14, 2019 - The Robber Bridegroom
August 11, 2019 - Shakespeare in Love
August 4, 2019 - Vancouver Pride Parade
July 12, 2019 - Strings for Peace
May 3, 2019 - Bed and Breakfast
