VocalEyes - describing the arts

03/06/2026

What’s On this weekend?🤔📆 On Saturday 6th June...
There’s an audio described tour at the Postal Museum at 10am.
Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack is at The Lowry in Salford. The touch tour is from 11:45am to 1pm. The ballet starts at 2pm.
Sherlock Holmes is at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. The touch tour is at 12:15pm, please arrive by 12pm, and the performance is at 2pm.
Miss Saigon is at Wales Millennium Centre. The touch tour is at 12:30pm, the musical starts at 2:30pm.
All the booking details are on our website What’s On page. Have a wonderful weekend!🤩🌞

28/05/2026

Great opportunity to work at Graeae Theatre Company. Check out the details on the link in their post

We're recruiting for an Artist Development Administrator to support the delivery of Graeae’s national artist development programme.

The next 18 months is an exciting time for the team to build on the work of our programme and create more platforms and opportunities for Disabled artists to take their work and careers further.

This role is open to Deaf, Disabled and/or neurodivergent indivuduals living within 2 hours of London and Nottingham by train.

Deadline: Monday 15 June 2026.

Find out more about the role! https://graeae.org/recruitment/

28/05/2026

Free tickets available for visually impaired adults and companions!

Come and join Extant, the UK’s leading professional performing arts company of visually impaired artists at on Tuesday 2nd June, 7.45pm for the Enhance performance of Scenes from a Friendship.

Join us for Meet Extant 5-6pm, the Enhance Touch Tour with pre-show programme notes at 6:45pm and Performance at 7:45pm.

To request free tickets please email [email protected] and [email protected] and include a phone number, as well as any access requirements. These tickets will be on a first come and first served basis.

Show information: https://nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/scenes-from-a-friendship/

Image description:
Nottingham Playhouse’s Djanogly terrace, which features a large concave stainless steel mirror. The terrace is a wide courtyard area with pink chairs and black benches. To the left is the entrance to the playhouse, with a sign with white and pink text, which reads ‘Nottingham Playhouse’.

28/05/2026

👋Enjoy these audio-described performances on Saturday 30th May📆
Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack is at Norwich Theatre Royal. The touch tour is at 12:15pm, the ballet is at 2:30pm
Sunny Afternoon is at the Wales Millennium Centre. The touch tour is at 1:30pm, the musical starts at 2:30pm
Mass is at Donmar Warehouse. The touch tour is at 1pm, the play is at 2:30pm
The Producers is at the Garrick theatre. The touch tour is at 6pm, the show is at 7:30pm.
Have a wonderful sunny weekend!😎
Visit our website for all the booking details

20/05/2026

🎭 Enjoy the weekend with these audio-described performances!😀
On Friday 22nd May, Barnum is at Woking Theatre. The touch tour is at 6pm, the show is at 7:30pm
On Saturday 23rd May…
Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack is at Sadler’s Wells. Join the touch tour from 12 noon to 1pm, the ballet is at 2:30pm
The Choir of Man is at Wales Millennium Centre. The touch tour is at 1pm, the show starts at 2:30pm
Have a wonderful time!✨

18/05/2026

We’re celebrating International Museum Day!🎉🎉
It’s fantastic to work with so many venues across the UK, supporting their access for blind and visually impaired visitors. From live AD tours to recorded audio described guides and vision awareness training for museum staff, we encourage you to explore our wonderful cultural heritage in your community.🙏

If you can’t get to a museum in person, why not check out the National Portrait Gallery’s online audio descriptions? We worked closely to produce the Making of the Modern World audio-described tour which you can listen to, along with other audio descriptions of portraits in the gallery here:

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/audio-descriptions


National Portrait Gallery

Links to individual audio descriptions are listed below in alphabetical order by name or find all of them in our Audio Description library on SoundCloud.

15/05/2026

📣Attitude is Everything has launched their 2026 State of Access survey!🎹
The Survey is a UK-wide research project exploring the experiences of Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse audiences, artists and professionals within live music events, venues and festivals. The survey is open to anyone who identifies as disabled and/or lives with a long-term health condition.

The research aims to better understand:

• Access barriers within live music.
• Additional costs and challenges faced by disabled people.
• Health and wellbeing impacts connected to live events.
• How the industry can improve accessibility and inclusion.

The findings will help build a stronger evidence base to support future improvements across the UK live music sector.

Find out more and take the survey at:

https://attitudeiseverything.org.uk/industry/state-of-access-survey/

Have your say on the State of Access today!
Attitude is Everything

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What is the State of Access Survey? The State of Access survey is a national undertaking to help better understand how disabled audiences, artists and workers are affected at live music events in the UK. Who qualifies as a respondent? We are looking for respondents who identify as disabled ...

14/05/2026

👠 Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe stars in Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum!🤩
📆 On Wednesday 20th May
⏰ The touch tour is at 6pm, the show at 7:30pm
🎧 Listen now to our introductory notes:
https://vocaleyes.co.uk/events/kinky-boots-2/ Book your tickets from the box office on 020 7845 9300 or [email protected]

Audio-described by VocalEyes. The multi-award-winning musical is strutting its way to the London Coliseum in Spring 2026 starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe. A glorious celebration of friendship and individuality, let Kinky Boot [...]