Enhance Productions 2025-26

Visually impaired access has been created for these shows post-production, devised by an Extant visually impaired facilitator. This is not audio description, but instead an ‘enhanced’ way of providing access that has been tried and tested by Extant.

In 2025-26 we’re working with Battersea Arts Centre (London), Live Theatre (Newcastle), Norwich Theatre (Norwich), Liverpool Everyman (Liverpool), Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester) and ZOO venues (Edinburgh). They will receive our Visual Impairment Awareness Training and we will be working with 18 companies to create Enhance shows.

Each performance will have a pre-show delivery of Enhanced programme notes and Touch Tour. The notes encapsulate the visual aspects of the show and are written with access for visually impaired audiences at the core. The Touch Tour offers exploration of set, props and costume: offering an immersive space in which to imagine the work before the show begins.

Coming up…

Norwich

Sense and Sensibility by The Pantaloons- Friday 20th June

A landscape view of different small scale illustrative drawings of period figures, such as a man on a horse, a man holding flowers and a woman posing in a dress. The background is pink and there are sections of blue and peach strips.

The Pantaloons Present: Sense and Sensibility, Pantaloons Theatre Company, Norwich Theatre Playhouse, June 2025

Visually impaired audience members are invited to attend the Enhance performance of ‘The Pantaloons Present: Sense and Sensibility’ by Pantaloons Theatre Company at Norwich Theatre Playhouse on Friday 20^th June, 7:30pm.

7 free tickets are available from Extant for visually impaired and blind adults to attend the Programme Notes and Touch Tour at 6:30pm, followed by the performance at 7:30pm.

Venue address: Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St. George’s Street, Norwich NR3 1AB

Email [email protected] and [email protected] to request free tickets, with your phone number and access requirements. Tickets are prioritised for visually impaired adults.

The Pre-show Programme Notes for this Enhance Performance are available here

Edinburgh

Big Little Sister by Holly Gifford- Tuesday 12th August

Against a white background, a white woman with brown hair and blonde highlighted streaks kneels on the floor, with her arms outstretched and her palms touching the white floor. She wears a long sleeved white t-shirt and a black jumpsuit. At the bottom left is a silver wheelchair.

Big Little Sister, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Photo credit: Finn Carlow

Pre-show Programme Notes and Touch Tour – 9:35am

Performance – 10:35am

Venue: ZOO Playground

1999. 2005. 2014. This sibling jumps through a timeline of growing up with a brother who has severe learning disabilities. Big Little Sister is a journey through surrealist storytelling, sketches and monologues, accompanied by the ethereal voice of her brother’s communication aid.

Tickets, £11 concessions, £12 full price, free personal assistant tickets available.

Purchase tickets here: https://tickets.zoofestival.co.uk/event/124:1822/

I Think It Could Work by Full Out Formula / Almanac Projects- Tuesday 12th August

3 people are performing circus tricks. To the left a person is wearing all red and is performing a handstand, in the middle, a person is wearing all blue, is jumping in the air, holding a tri-cycle and to the right, a person is wearing yellow and kneels with holding their arms up in the air.

I Think It Could Work, Full Out Formula / Almanac Projects, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Photo credit Michelle Reid.

Pre-show Programme Notes and Touch Tour – 4:30pm

Performance – 5:30pm

Venue: ZOO Southside

Upside-down or right side up? On purpose or by accident? How do you like your eggs? From the mischievous minds of Full Out Formula comes I Think It Could Work, a daring and playful leap into the unexpected. With bright colours, dazzling acrobatics and unflinching trust, this Chicago-based contemporary circus collective invites you into a speculative world where your choices decide their destiny.

Tickets, £11 concessions, £12 full price, free personal assistant tickets available.

Purchase tickets here: https://tickets.zoofestival.co.uk/event/124:1756/

Small Town Boys by Shaper/Caper – Wednesday 13th August

In a club, with blue, purple lighting, a silhouetted figure stands center holding a bag, in front of them are people dancing.

Small Town Boys, Shaper/Caper, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025,

Pre-show Programme Notes and Touch Tour – 6:15pm

Performance – 7:15pm

Venue: ZOO Southside

A young man embarks on a thrilling journey from his small hometown to the big city, where he finds solace and joy in the vibrant LGBTQ+ scene. However, his adventure takes a dramatic turn as he confronts a terrifying health crisis, largely ignored by the government. Eight electrifying dancers bring the legendary Paradise Nightclub to life with a community cast, who blur the lines between performer and audience, infusing the show with the joy and chaos of the club scene.

Tickets, £18 Full Price, £17 concession, free personal assistant tickets available

Purchase tickets here: https://tickets.zoofestival.co.uk/event/124:1764/124:28750/

Enhance shows 2024-25:

Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light, Derby Theatre & Alphabetti Theatre, February 2025
Fluff, Teepee Productions, The Courtyard, Hereford, February 2025
A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Hope Theatre Mill, The Lowry, Manchester, December 2024
What the Dickens? The Telling, Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, November 2024
Going for Gold, Come for Gold Productions, Arena & Park Theatre, London November 2024
Why A Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister, Zakkiyah Deen, Camden People’s Theatre, November 2024.
A Battered Chip On My Shoulder, Dave Pitt, Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, November 2024
Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself, The Lowry, Manchester, October 2024
Do Not Play This Piano, Will Pickvance, The Courtyard, Hereford, October 2024
As I Am Naturally, The Lowry, Manchester, September 2024
The Nurse’s Station, Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle, September 2024
Grills, Mirrorball, Camden People’s Theatre, London, June 2024.
English Kings Killing Foreigners, REALFAKE Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre, London, May 2024
Pepper & Honey, Notnow Collective, The Courtyard, Hereford, May 2024

In 2024-25 we worked with with The Lowry (Salford), The Courtyard (Hereford), Arena Theatre (Wolverhampton), Camden People’s Theatre (London), Alphabetti Theatre (Newcastle) and Derby Theatre (Derby).

Quick-read information about Extant and Enhance: Enhance Flyer