Posted on: 7 Nov 2024
Access workers based in Wolverhampton Extant are recruiting access workers to help support our visually impaired attendees to participate our No Dramas Project. No Dramas: Our No Dramas sessions are led by visually impaired facilitators and are full of accessible drama games, which are delivered to visually impaired adults with any level of experience. Duties […]
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Posted on: 31 Oct 2024
Extant – Pursued By A Ben As if by magic and in the blink of an eye, that’s my 15 months over and done with. I have come to the end of my time as Trainee Artistic Director at Extant and in some ways, it feels like about five minutes since I received the very […]
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Posted on: 22 Oct 2024
No Dramas Free drama workshops for visually impaired adults, delivered by Extant. Any and all levels of experience are welcome. No Dramas sessions are led by visually impaired facilitators and are full of accessible drama exercises and fun games; they’re a great opportunity to build your confidence, develop new social connections and have a brilliant time. […]
Read more Posted on: 11 Oct 2024
No Dramas Free drama workshops for visually impaired adults, delivered by Extant. Any and all levels of experience are welcome. No Dramas online sessions are led by visually impaired facilitators and are full of accessible drama exercises and fun games; they’re a great opportunity to build your confidence, develop new social connections and have a […]
Read more Posted on: 10 Oct 2024
Upcoming Extant Theatre Club trips in Wolverhampton: ETC is a social group which supports visually impaired audience members in seeing high quality, accessible theatre, and includes discounted tickets! We have two trips planned at the Arena Theatre. In partnership with our Enhance programme, each performance contains pre-show programme notes and a touch tour, followed by […]
Read more Posted on: 24 Sep 2024
No Dramas Free drama workshops for visually impaired adults, delivered by Extant. Any and all levels of experience are welcome. No Dramas sessions are led by visually impaired facilitators and are full of accessible drama exercises and fun games; they’re a great opportunity to build your confidence, develop new social connections and have a brilliant time. […]
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Posted on: 23 Aug 2024
Identical Twins – Ben Wilson’s Artistic Project Identical Twins is an early work by Caryl Churchill. Two brothers are trapped in a toxic cycle of angry comparisons and a refusal to take responsibility for their own immorality. Lead by Extant’s Trainee Artistic Director Benjamin Wilson and with an ambitious sound design and integrated audio description, […]
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Posted on: 9 Aug 2024
Edinburgh Fringe in crisis… It started with a Tweet (or whatever the X equivalent is now called!) “Of the 3,300 shows at Edinburgh Fringe Festival: 10 have audio description options (0.3%)” When I read this, I had to check out the facts for myself. As of today, the situation has improved very, very slightly: the […]
Read more Posted on: 7 Aug 2024
Ben Wilson reflects on his Extant journey Why should visually impaired artists apply to be Extant’s Trainee Artistic Director? This job is a unique opportunity. Normally, artistic leaders are thrown in at the deep end with no opportunity to develop their skills. This is a tool which exists where it’s slightly more than just […]
Read more Posted on: 2 Aug 2024
No Dramas Free drama workshops for visually impaired adults, delivered by Extant. Any and all levels of experience are welcome. No Dramas sessions are led by visually impaired facilitators and are full of accessible drama exercises and fun games; they’re a great opportunity to build your confidence, develop new social connections and have a brilliant time. […]
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Posted on: 24 Jul 2024
Karina Jones at Extant Connect Extant Connect is Extant’s regular online session for blind and visually impaired (VI) people to network, talk, learn, and share ideas, taking place on the last Monday evening of every month. We vary between hosting guest speakers, workshops – and sometimes just having an open session to chat about whatever […]
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Posted on: 17 Jul 2024
Extant and VICS Edinburgh Fringe 2024 Event Extant and VICS (Visually Impaired Creators Scotland) are hosting an open house drop-in session on access for visually impaired audiences, supported by ZOO Venues. On Friday 2nd August, Extant & VICS will host an open house drop-in session at ZOO Southside,117 Nicolson Street, in the Cabaret Bar, from […]
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