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A group of six women and two men are standing on the stage at Camden People's Theatre, posing for a photo and smiling. They are a diverse group of adults, of various ages and ethnicities. Three of them are holding their white canes and there is a guide dog to the left of the photo.

Extant Theatre Club

Posted on: 1 Jul 2024

Extant Theatre Club ETC is a social group, which supports visually impaired audience members to see high quality, accessible theatre. It runs in London and across the country. As part of ETC you will receive:  Direct, trustworthy information on theatre that is accessible to VI audiences Free access support around the venue and to and from public […]

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A square poster with a light blue background containing bold dark green text, the headline reads 'Unseen’. Underneath the title in smaller text, reads ‘a gripping new audio drama by Extant’. Below this is green text, which highlights the key dates, locations and website URL. At the bottom of the poster are a row of 4 pitched rooftops in a line. The houses are painted blue, pink, yellow and green.

Unseen

Posted on: 11 Mar 2024

Listen to Unseen Audio Drama below:    Extant presents a live event to accompany Unseen, a gripping new audio drama that examines the subtle and insidious effect of domestic abuse on the blind and visually impaired community, using empathy, hope and candour to raise awareness of this important subject.  Excerpts from the audio drama […]

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A drawing by Sally Booth of a zoom screen. There are 9 windows arranged in a grid of three-by-three, with a pencil or watercolour sketch of a face in each.

Extant Connect

Posted on: 22 Jun 2023

Extant CONNECT     Extant CONNECT is our monthly online session for blind and VI people to network, talk, learn and share ideas, taking place on the last Monday evening of every month. For more information and joining information please contact [email protected] Upcoming dates (all times are from 7pm to 8.30pm): Monday 30th September Monday […]

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Two photos side by side separated by a purple line. On the left is a close shot of the face of Jasmine Thien (an East Asian woman in her mid-20s). Her eyes are closed and patterns of dappled light are cast across her face. The other image is a black and white photo of Helena Ascough (a white, blonde-haired woman in her mid-20s). She stands speaking animatedly into a microphone in a stand, with her right hand pointing toward her head. She wears a denim jacket, a tartan skirt, a white t-shirt and glasses.

Programme

Posted on: 27 Mar 2023

‘No Future’ and ‘I Dream in Colour’ at Sprint Festival, Camden People’s Theatre Monday 27th March 2023 at 7.15pm Camden People’s Theatre, 58-60 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2PY Running time: 1 hour in total, with no interval Artist Development at Extant Extant is delighted to present two work-in-progress shows: ‘No Future’ by Helena Ascough, and […]

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Flight Paths (2020)

Posted on: 20 Aug 2020

Flight Paths, our epic multimedia production inspired by the Goze – blind female performers of medieval Japan – is brought to life on screen for the first time in a new digital retelling, co-commissioned by The Space. Combining animation, aerial movement and creative audio description, Flight Paths is an interactive online experience featuring stories of travel, blindness and […]

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A digitally animated drawing of a blind Japanese woman walking in an open landscape in close up. She is in side profile, wearing a purple and light blue kimono patterned with orange flowers. The background is shaded in muted browns, and a pale yellow sun looms in the horizon.

Flight Paths

Posted on: 16 Aug 2020

Experience it now: http://flightpaths.extant.org.uk/ Flight Paths, our epic multimedia production inspired by the Goze – blind female performers of medieval Japan – is brought to life on screen for the first time in a new digital retelling, co-commissioned by The Space. Combining animation, aerial movement and creative audio description, Flight Paths is an interactive online […]

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