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Can you begin by briefly explaining the work you do for those who might be unfamiliar? As an audio describer my job is to explain anything that the creative team has chosen to represent only visually, so that blind or partially sighted audience members can follow the plot, appreciate the design of the set and costumes and understand the characters’ development through their actions and reactions. I do this by adding information in the gaps between dialogue, writing an audio i

Are you heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this August? Looking for a flexible way to earn some extra money while you're there? Carmen Collective is looking for a friendly, reliable and self-motivated flyerer to help spread the word about our new show, GAMEPLAY, during its run at Pleasance 10 Dome.

We always want to include access in our shows, and we're lucky enough to have worked with amazing BSL interpreters and creative captioners. During the R&D process for GAMEPLAY, we discovered that it made the most sense for the show to have fully integrated audio description. The production was so naturally sonic that audio description felt like an essential part of the creative process rather than an add-on. Audio description is used far less often in theatre than other acces

We're thrilled to reveal the first of the two artists selected for our paid creative commission: Vroomlab. These artists have been chosen to create original digital works in response to the themes and ideas explored in Lessons On Revolution. Their responses - shaped by their unique creative practices - respond to the show’s explorations of change, resistance, and radical reimaginings. ‘This is a video work that combines the core message told by Lesson On Revolution and the ma

We're thrilled to reveal the second of the two artists selected for our paid creative commission: H.R.H Aphrodite I These artists have been chosen to create original digital works in response to the themes and ideas explored in Lessons On Revolution. Their responses - shaped by their unique creative practices - respond to the show’s explorations of change, resistance, and radical reimaginings. These works will be permanently hosted on both the Undone Theatre and Carmen Collec

‘Around four million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. That’s a shocking failure in one of the richest countries in the world.’ In Conversation with: Dr Rebecca O’Connell Earlier this month writer and performer of The Food Bank Show Sam Rees was lucky enough to chat to Dr Rebecca O’Connell, Professor of Food, Families and Society at the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire. He asked her about her research,