VocalEyes believes that blind and partially sighted people should have an equal opportunity to experience and enjoy the UK’s arts and heritage.
Each year, the charity enables hundreds of blind and partially sighted people to experience drama, ballet and opera at theatres across the country. Highly experienced audio describers prepare and deliver a description of the visual elements of the performance that the blind theatre-goer hears through headphones in the gaps between the dialogue.
Before the show, they also hear audio introductions describing the set, characters, costumes and key elements of the plot, and experience touch tours, where they have the opportunity to come on stage, meet the cast, and handle costumes and props.
