Making The Arts Accessible

Alice Gilmour interviews people who make the arts accessible, including audio describers, BSL interpreters, technology experts, disability experts, theatre managers, community outreach workers, and more.

Making The Arts Accessible is a arts podcast hosted by Alice Gilmour, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alice Gilmour hosts Making The Arts Accessible, a arts show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #14

  14 - David Bellwood

  Mar 23, 202635 minS1

  <p>David Bellwood, who is head of access at the National Theatre, and before that  The Globe, discusses the importance of 'predictable adaptability' - how organisations must become reliably able to change and adapt to customers requirements - the value of a figurehead for access, and tells me about exciting projects such as using a young visually impaired actor to audio describe a family show, training lighting designers in photosensitivity, and much more!</p><p><br/></p><p><b>Links</b><br/> <br/>The National Theatre – the UK’s national theatre</p><p>https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/home/</p><p> </p...

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  Episode #13

  13 - Tim Yates

  Sep 18, 202528 minS1

  <p>Tim Yates leads the Research and Innovation Programme at <b>Drake Music</b>, an organisation dedicated to helping musicians with disabilities discover or co-design instruments that work for them. Collaborating with tech companies, coders, and instrument makers, they are pushing the boundaries where music and technology meet.</p><p>When we spoke in May, Tim explained how Drake Music is working to develop a kind of one-stop hub—a database and showcase space—for the many inventions and creative ideas emerging in this field. The aim is to share these innovations more widely and make them accessible to all.</p><p...

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  Episode #12

  12 - James Bottrill

  Jul 18, 20251h 2mS1

  <p>This is a detailed and comprehensive chat about the technology used in theatres for assistive listening and audio description.  James has a huge amount of knowledge and experience in this area, and we look at all the different options out there - loop systems, infrared, radio, WiFi, and Bluetooth including Auracast - and discuss the pros and cons of each one.</p><p><br/></p><p>Links:</p><p>James Bottrill - email</p><p>orchard.audio.services@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p>Ampetronic </p><p>https://www.ampetronic.com/</p><p> </p><p>Listen Technologies </p><p>https...

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  Episode #11

  11 - Paul Adams

  Oct 21, 202434 minS1

  <p>Paul Adams is currently Access Project Manager for The Royal Ballet and Opera in London and has been there just over a year.  Before that he worked in Singapore, and has spent his career in creative learning departments working hard to make the arts accessible.  We have a chat about what it’s like working for such a large organisation, tips and hints he has for effecting change, and things he thinks have worked well, and others which have been more of a learning curve.  I hope you enjoy it.<br/>  <br/> <br/> <b>Links</b><br/> <br/> Royal Ballet an...

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  Episode #10

  10 - Tom and Caroline Maley

  Dec 19, 202346 minS1

  <p>In this episode, recorded at Tom and Caroline's house, we have a great discussion about audio description.  Tom is a general all-round arts-lover and has been blind all his life so has used audio description for many years now, particularly for theatre, opera and for historic buildings.  And Caroline, his wife, has supported him in this, and was on the board of Vocaleyes for five years.  So they are both full of lots of thoughts on what works, what doesn't and how people can make their work or their space accessible to blind people.</p><p><br/><br/>Thanks for...

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