Aerial Alloy: innovating audio description
Posted on: 12 Dec 2013
Aerial Alloy, a recent three-day R/D project for Liberty Festival, explored aerial work, music, storytelling and alternative approaches to audio description with collaborators from Upswing and Yellow Earth Theatre.
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Our new patrons
Posted on: 30 Oct 2013
We are delighted to announce that Juliet Stevenson, CBE and Clive Merrison are now patrons of Extant.
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Our survey said…
Posted on: 28 Oct 2013
Huge thanks to our respondents who completed our summer survey, with interesting responses about how visually impaired people interact with social media.
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Radio Play broadcast
Posted on: 27 Oct 2013
Tune into Aculco Radio at 5pm on Monday 4th November to hear the fantastic and funny play Side Track: written and performed by the young participants in our recent Radio Play project.
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Something strange is going on…
Posted on: 1 Oct 2013
The news has recently been awash with stories of miracle treatments for blindness, from stemcells, to lasers and wonder implants in the eye. Many sound too bizarre to be true – but only one is an entirely fictional creation dreamed up as part of Extant's new experimental online project, codenamed #Eyez.
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Radio Play – now recruiting!
Posted on: 15 May 2013
We are now recruiting for young visually impaired people aged 16-30 years to participate in a project called Radio Play starting 8 June. It's a great opportunity to develop devising, improvisation and writing skills, and will lead to the recording of the scripted work for broadcast via Aculco Radio.
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New Sheer images
Posted on: 1 Aug 2012
We've added some great new images from our recent horror/burlesque performance
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The Question and haptics update
Posted on: 17 May 2012
The Haptic Lotus, which Extant used in The Question, was well-received at the Haptics Symposium in Vancouver in March.
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Thanks for helping us make Sheer a success
Posted on: 17 May 2012
Thank you to everyone who came to experience Sheer in London or Wolverhampton. The show was a success, with all four London shows sold out and strong audiences in Wolverhampton.
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Sheer discussed on Radio 4
Posted on: 23 Mar 2012
Tony Shearman from BBC Radio 4’s In Touch came to experience Sheer in Wolverhampton
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Sheer Sneak Peak video
Posted on: 23 Mar 2012
Do you want a sneak peak of what will be revealed when you come to experience Sheer?
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Last chance to experience Sheer!
Posted on: 23 Mar 2012
Sheer's last two shows are on April 3 & 4 at artsdepot, North Finchley, London.
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