Pentabus’ Autumn 2022 tour of Little Bits of Ruined Beauty was designed to offer our audiences a fully accessible production. Creative captions were integrated into its design, pre-show navigation of the space and touch tours were offered to blind, visually impaired and neurodivergent audiences and audio description was available on the Pentabus website to help set the scene for audiences before their visit.
If you would like to learn more about the process of creating accessible theatre please join us for one, or both, of our online discussions.
Rural Touring and Accessible Theatre
Date: Wednesday 25 January
Time: 7.30pm - 9pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Join the creative team behind Little Bits of Ruined Beauty to discover what was involved in creating this accessible production and the practicalities of touring accessible theatre to rural venues. Following the discussion there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
Panellists include:
Nickie Miles-Wildin - Director
Joseph Brown - Actor
Ben Glover - Video Design and Captions
Steph Hinton - Village Hall promoter
Facilitator: Alexandra Whiteley
Directing Accessible Theatre
Date: Thursday 26 January
Time: 7.30pm - 9pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Join our panellists for a discussion that explores the experiences, creative challenges and learnings from directing and creating theatre with access at its heart. Following the discussion there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
Panellists include:
Nickie Miles -Wildin - Director, Little Bits of Ruined Beauty
Indiana Lown-Collins - Theatre Director
Facilitator: Alexandra Whiteley
Access
Discussion and Q&As will be BSL interpreted and use autogenerated captions, and all panellists will offer audio description of themselves.
Live Capture Release
These events coincide with the online release of the recording of Little Bits of Ruined Beauty. Produced by Pentabus. Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Arts Council England.
The live recording of Little Bits of Ruined Beauty is being released as part of Village Halls Week on Monday 23 January 2023. The live capture will be available to watch until midnight on Sunday 5 February 2023.
Produced by Pentabus. Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Arts Council England.