Paul Adams is currently Access Project Manager for The Royal Ballet and Opera in London and has been there just over a year. Before that he worked in Singapore, and has spent his career in creative learning departments working hard to make the arts accessible. We have a chat about what it’s like working for such a large organisation, tips and hints he has for effecting change, and things he thinks have worked well, and others which have been more of a learning curve. I hope you enjoy it.


Links

Royal Ballet and Opera

https://www.rbo.org.uk/

Paul’s page on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-anthony-adams-a-world-with-access-to-arts-experiences-for-all-8288a821/

Ramps on the Moon Project

https://rampsonthemoon.co.uk/

ATG Theatres – access page

https://www.atgtickets.com/access/

Devon Healey

https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/32146-devon-healey

Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat

https://www.rbo.org.uk/learning/families/paul-hamlyn-christmas-treat

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – ZooNation

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-mad-hatters-tea-party-details

Singapore Theatre’s Inclusive Young Company

https://www.srt.com.sg/young-company-past-productions

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In this episode, recorded at Tom and Caroline's house, we have a great discussion about audio description. Tom is a general all-round arts-lover and has been blind all his life so has used audio description for many years now, particularly for theatre, opera and for historic buildings. And Caroline, his wife, has supported him in this, and was on the board of Vocaleyes for five years. So they are both full of lots of thoughts on what works, what doesn't and how people can make their work or their space accessible to blind people.

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Ben Wilson is an actor, theatre-maker, audio description consultant and recently became Extant's first trainee Artistic Director. We talk about how he combines these different roles, what it's like having a portfolio career like so many of us in the arts, on his requirements as a blind actor, on questions like why do West End shows have different access providers every week in each different venue, and should arts organisations and directors who have never cast a disabled actor on their stage still be given a platform. Enjoy!


Links

Extant Theatre

https://extant.org.uk/

Graeae Theatre

https://graeae.org/

Ramps on the Moon Project

https://rampsonthemoon.co.uk/

Sheffield Theatres

www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Oliver Twist – NT At Home

https://www.ntathome.com/products/oliver-twist

Georgie Morrell – comedian, actor, writer

http://georgiemorrell.co.uk/

Thanks for listening! You can follow me on Twitter, or for all podcast episodes, and other things including my sounds blog (slog?), visit my website www.alicegilmour.com.