Audio Described Shows - Wellington NZ

23/02/2025

I wish I could go to this one! Check it out!

20/07/2024

NZ d/Deaf, Disabled, and/or Neurodivergent, Artist friends! (Including performing arts)
One off funding opportunity through Arts Access Aotearoa for accessibility costs or items for your arts work.
More info at the link here:
https://artsaccess.org.nz/Accessibility-Impact-Fund-call-for-expressions-of-interest
Any questions ask them, I am just sharing :D

What it is Arts Access Aotearoa is offering one funding round to support the development of accessibility or support access needs in the arts sector. We will be offering grants to: ·      art sector and access organisations ·      Deaf and disabled artists and art workers. The goal of...

19/07/2024

Susan here! I am co-directing DAT-Fest, ie Disabled Artists' Theatre Festival (formerly DAFT)! We will be presenting 2 weeks of accessible workshops and shows later in the year, in Wellington, with a few events online as well. Audio description, NZSL, relaxed performances, physically accessible venue, and more! Date announcement, and expressions of interest coming soon. Including performance opportunities for d/Deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent, and/or Chronically Ill folks! Follow the page for updates and to get involved. More info and image description in the attached post.

New Look! New Name! New Diagnoses!

DAT Fest 2024 coming in hot!
The Team is assembled and ready to bring you the most inclusive festival in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Stay tuned for announcements, ways to get involved, and all around excitement! We can't wait to share what we have planned.

Image Description:
Our new logo, styled like folded up paper or a poster that's seen the worst of the Wellington wind. A pink explosion with stars on some points, a green explosion in the centre of the pink. "dat fest" is in large blue letters in dyslexie font in the middle of the green. The words "Disabled Artists' Theatre Festival" in upper case are curved around the green splodge; and the words "coming soon to Te Whanganui-a-Tara" are in smaller font. Designed by Liv Ward.

29/05/2024

Thanks to the generosity of the ANZ Staff Foundation, BATS Theatre is partnering with artists to produce a number of Audio Described shows this year. Find out what's coming up.

22/03/2024

There is now a parliamentary petition as well, please sign this one too, even if you have already signed the one I shared earlier.
Whaikaha (the ministry of disabled people) announced what functionally amounts to funding cuts for disabled people's support, with no consultation or warning. It's disgusting and must be stopped.
Check the comments for my friend Etta's excellent opinion piece explaining more on the issue.

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

12/08/2023

Copy and pasted info starts:
The launch:
The New Zealand library of Earcatch is launching on Monday 14th August! As you’ll recall, we have funding for up to 1000 titles over the year - so for the sustainability of our team’s workload (as well as for your viewing!), these releases will be introduced progressively over the course of the year. Stay informed about the latest Earcatch additions by subscribing to our weekly Earcatch newsletter via this link: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/y/6ACE80DF8F81726B.
Title selection:
In terms of title selection, we are working within the parameter that content must be locally commissioned for TVNZ. Within this, we will be uploading a range of content spanning all genres - including archive audio description as well as for shows that are currently airing on broadcast TV.
NB: We do not currently have funding to audio describe shows that are going straight to TVNZ+ without going to broadcast first, but we hope that the combination of current and archive titles will mean that there is some great content for you to enjoy on there.
Requesting content:
We also have a new form on our website where you’ll be able to request content to be audio described. You can access it through this link: https://able.co.nz/contact/. This will go straight to our programming team, who will build requests into their decision-making where they can. Alternatively, you can email [email protected] and title your email ‘AD CONTENT REQUEST.’
The launch of the app:
For now, we have an initial selection of titles available which will launch on Monday. We’ll be celebrating the launch with guest audio description of the new season of Taskmaster NZ by comedian Tom Sainsbury!
If you’d like to get used to the app before then, you can go onto TVNZ+ and select Creamerie, Season 2, Episode 1, and play the corresponding audio description via the Earcatch app. Instructions for how to do this are below.
How to use Earcatch:
Here’s a link to our instructions on how to use Earcatch: https://able.co.nz/articles/how-to-use-earcatch/.
Further instructions and information are also available via the Earcatch website (link here: https://earcatch.eu/), and the team are available for technical support via email at [email protected].

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14/07/2023

Three NZ international film festival films with audio described screenings in Wellington and Auckland. There are also NZSL screenings, and sensory friendly screenings.
Access details for both Auckland and Wellington under different headings at this link:

NZIFF Access About History Who We Are Work With Us Festival FAQs Film Classification Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions NZIFF For Schools NZIFF Access Pricing Auckland Wellington Physical Access Access screening tickets Pricing  All Accessibility screenings are priced as B Coded Sessions. See sp...

22/03/2023

https://www.circa.co.nz/.../audio-described-performance.../
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFOMANCE – The Coven on Grey Street
Sunday 14th May 4:30pm (with a Touch tour from 3.30pm).
$30 – $55
Access tickets are $25 (plus a free companion ticket if required). Please email [email protected] or call the Circa Box Office on 04 801 7992 to book tickets
Show runtime: 90mins (plus a 15 min interval)
Audience Care: ‘The Coven on Grey Street’ features mild swearing, fake blood, descriptions of suicidal thoughts, misogynistic language and supernatural violence.
The Coven on Grey Street
By James Cain
Presented by Red Scare Theatre Company
Directed by Harriet Prebble
Starring Irene Wood, Helen Moulder, Hilary Norris and Peter Hambleton
Must we three meet again?
It’s been a long time since the Weird Sisters parted ways and settled down in Hamilton. But Daphne (Helen Moulder) is getting married to Shakespearean scholar Ted (Peter Hambleton), and she’s invited Sybil (Irene Wood) and Fay (Hilary Norris) along.
These three witches will find that supernatural hurly-burly is a piece of newt compared to lunch with the whānau.
A comedic riff on everyone’s favourite witches, written by James Cain (Movers) and directed by Harriet Prebble (Dungeoning & Dragoning). Join Irene Wood, Helen Moulder, Hilary Norris and Peter Hambleton in this delightful romp about sorcery and sisterhood. Produced by Red Scare Theatre Company.

Send a message to learn more

22/03/2023

https://www.circa.co.nz/package/audio-described-performance-the-coven-on-grey-street/

AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFOMANCE – The Coven on Grey Street

Sunday 14th May 4:30pm (with a Touch tour from 3.30pm).

$30 – $55

Access tickets are $25 (plus a free companion ticket if required). Please email [email protected] or call the Circa Box Office on 04 801 7992 to book tickets

Show runtime: 90mins (plus a 15 min interval)

Audience Care: ‘The Coven on Grey Street’ features mild swearing, fake blood, descriptions of suicidal thoughts, misogynistic language and supernatural violence.

The Coven on Grey Street

By James Cain

Presented by Red Scare Theatre Company

Directed by Harriet Prebble

Starring Irene Wood, Helen Moulder, Hilary Norris and Peter Hambleton

Must we three meet again?

It’s been a long time since the Weird Sisters parted ways and settled down in Hamilton. But Daphne (Helen Moulder) is getting married to Shakespearean scholar Ted (Peter Hambleton), and she’s invited Sybil (Irene Wood) and Fay (Hilary Norris) along.

These three witches will find that supernatural hurly-burly is a piece of newt compared to lunch with the whānau.

A comedic riff on everyone’s favourite witches, written by James Cain (Movers) and directed by Harriet Prebble (Dungeoning & Dragoning). Join Irene Wood, Helen Moulder, Hilary Norris and Peter Hambleton in this delightful romp about sorcery and sisterhood. Produced by Red Scare Theatre Company.

Send a message to learn more

22/03/2023

Audio Described Performance: Cringeworthy – Swinging in the ’60s!
Sunday 23rd April 4:00pm. With a touch tour at 3pm.
Duration: Sun 23 April 4pm
Price: $25 - $55
Book Now!



AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFOMANCE – Cringeworthy – Swinging in the ’60s!

Sunday 23rd April 4:00pm. With a touch tour at 3pm.

$30 – $55

Access tickets are $25 (plus a free companion ticket if required). Please email [email protected] or call the Circa Box Office on 04 801 7992 to book tickets

Show runtime: 2 hours (including a 15 min interval)

Cringeworthy the 60’s, for Circa Theatre. Photo credit: Stephen A’Court.
Cringeworthy – Swinging in the ’60s!

By Andrea Sanders

Presented by BeatGirl Productions

A psychedelic blast from the past!

Cringeworthy is back, transporting you to the GROOVIEST era of all, the swinging ’60s!

Following on from Cringeworthy the ’70s and ’80s, this show is a FAR-OUT tribute to Kiwiana music and culture in the ’60s.

With just one TV channel, shows such as Let’s Go, C’Mon and Happen Inn were all the rage, with top acts such as Mr Lee Grant, Dinah Lee, The Chicks, Alison Durban and John Rowles performing a mix of local and international hits.

Presented by our very own ‘Mod Father’ Ray Columbus and the smoothest of smooth, Pete Sinclair, Kiwis had a BLAST as a smorgasboard of songs hit the screens! Along with homegrown hits, be prepared to hear your FAB favourites from iconic overseas acts such as The Beatles, Tom Jones, Petula Clark, The Seekers, Nancy Sinatra and more, as a musical journey takes us back to a time so vastly different to today.

If you’re SWITCHED ON then TUNE IN, break out your Beehives and Beatleboots and get ready to Go go. Do the TWIST, do the SWIM, do the DUCK, do the PONY, do whatever you like as long as you do it at Cringeworthy the ’60s.

CAN YOU DIG IT??

“A swinging affair, equal parts fast paced and hilarious!”

“Fab choreography, psychedelic costumes and a sizzlingly snazzy vocal quartet”

“Memory lane has never looked this good, forget Dancing in the Street, you’ll be dancing in your seat”

Following on from Cringeworthy the ’70s and ’80s, this show is a FAR-OUT tribute to Kiwiana music and culture in the ’60s.