Audio Description
What is it?
Audio Description (AD) is a service allowing people who are blind or have low vision, to enhance their experience of cultural events by having the important visual elements described to them aurally. This is can done live, for events like weddings, theatre, musicals and dance or can be pre-recorded for use in film, television, museums and art exhibitions. Audio Description can also be used to enhance an experience in nature, such as swimming, hiking or touristing.
What's on?
See below for a schedule of Audio Described events in Brisbane, that Vantagepoint will be delivering.
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If there's something you want to attend that isn't on this list, send us a message and we can investigate whether we can incorporate AD into that event. It might be easier than you think!
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BRISBANE FESTIVAL
31 August to late September, 2024
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More events than ever will be audio described at this year's Brisbane Festival.
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: FASHION FREAK SHOW
(Theatre, music, fashion, dance, circus)
Wednesday 11 September, 7:00pm.
South Bank Piazza.
Tactile Tour 6:00pm
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(Cabaret, comedy, theatre)
Thursday 5 September, 7:00pm.
Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tactile Tour 6:00pm
(Film, theatre, music, First Nations)
Friday 6 September, 7:30pm.
Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
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(Dance, theatre)
Saturday 7 September, 6:00pm.
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tactile Tour 5:00pm
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(Theatre, music, all ages)
Scroll down for more details
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(Dance, theatre, First Nations)
Friday 13th September, 7.30pm
Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tactile Tour 6:30pm
(Dance)
Saturday 14th September, 2:00pm
Thomas Dixon Centre, 406 Montague Rd, West End.
Tactile Tour 1:00pm
(Dance, theatre)
Saturday 21st September, 7:30pm
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tactile Tour 6:30pm
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Fancy Long Legs
by Rachel Burke, adapted for the stage by Naomi Price
Presented by Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre and The Little Red Company
Thursday 12 September 2024
Tactile Tour & Performance 10am.
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Saturday 14 September 2024
Tactile Tour & Performance 1pm.
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Wednesday 18 September 2024
Tactile Tour & Performance 6pm.
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Saturday 21 September 2024
Tactile Tour & Performance 1pm.
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La Boite Theatre Company,
6-8 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove.
A show of razzle-dazzle and acceptance. Weave your web and make your mark.
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Underneath a crafter’s cart lived a lively young arachnid. Fancy Long Legs was her name, and she was easily distracted.
Fancy Long Legs is a brand-new glittery and vibrant musical adventure for children, based on a new picture book by Brisbane’s international tinsel and craft icon, Rachel Burke.
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Fancy Long Legs is the story of Fancy, a spider who loves to create but struggles to stay focused on her creative task of web-building. With the support of her friends, Fancy goes on a beautiful journey of self-discovery to find her own style and make something no one else can.
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This uplifting story takes a sparkly and relatable look at neurodivergence, offering a playful and glitter-covered adventure of acceptance, staying true to yourself and finding friends who love you and celebrate your differences.
La Boite Theatre, Brisbane Festival and The Little Red Company (Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols, Lady Beatle) join forces this September bringing this bright and bold family work to life, gifting sparkle, inclusivity and catchy tunes to our youngest theatregoers. Fancy Long Legs has been created with accessibility at its core to ensure the theatre experience is welcoming, safe and inclusive for all. Each performance in the season will be considered ‘relaxed’ with flexible venue access, ambient lighting, spoiler sheets, sensory warnings, a low-sensory space, accessible seating, plus Auslan Interpretation, Audio Description and Tactile tours on select performances.
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Recommended for ages 3 – 100+ years.
Dear Brother
by Lenny Donahue and Tibian Wyles.
Presented by Queensland Theatre, Blakdance and Brisbane Festival.
Saturday 21 September 2024
Tactile Tour 12:30pm.
Show Starts 2.00pm.
Bille Brown Theatre,
78 Montague Road, South Brisbane.
Young men from different corners of Queensland blow into the big smoke burning with unbridled energy, desire and confusion. Each of them filled with the need to escape, to make something of their lives, to defy the hand that life has dealt them. An individual ignition has driven them all to Brisbane but something else — something ancestral — will bring them together.
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Caught between adolescence and adulthood, these young fellas will converge and wrestle with themselves, each other, their ghosts and a deep-etched sense of duty to Country. Together they’ll lay themselves bare and bond as brothers over what it means to be a young Aboriginal man in 2024.
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This high energy work, presented with BlakDance as part of Brisbane Festival, is all about giving today’s young Murri men a voice, one that challenges the narrative around public perceptions of Aboriginal masculinity. Using dance, music and poetry, this form-defying work features Djabuganjdji man Lenny Donahue and Girramay and Kalkadoon man Tibian Wyles in a tour-de-force performance that is as physical as it is heartfelt.
Round the Twist
The Musical
Book, Music and Lyrics by Paul Hodge
Based on the television series produced by The Australian Children’s Television Foundation from the short stories of Paul Jennings
With the original theme song by Andrew Duffield
Saturday 23 November 2024
Tactile Tour 11:30am.
Show Starts 1.00pm.
Playhouse, QPAC, Sounth Brisbane.
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
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The home-grown TV show that raised a generation* is coming back in 2024 with all the magic you remember (and that song you can’t forget!) in a brand-new Australian musical by Paul Hodge based on the seminal stories of much-loved children’s book author Paul Jennings.
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In an old lighthouse, single dad Tony Twist and his kids Pete, Linda and Bronson are about to embark on a magical adventure to unravel a 100 year old mystery and protect their home from the greedy Gribble family who want to turn their piece of paradise into an Aqua-World-Casino-Pizza-Parlour-Burger-Joint-Amusement-Park.
With the help of a haunted outhouse, a crystal ball, some friendly ghosts and smelly feet (up the pong!), this family might just have what it takes to save the day!
Whether you’re new to the Twists or a diehard fan (withoutmypants), this big-hearted musical filled with soaring song and jaw-dropping design is for everyone.
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Captained by Director and Dramaturg Simon Phillips (Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical, Ladies in Black), Round The Twist The Musical is a quintessentially Australian joyous celebration of oddballs and misfits — where if you stand out then you’ll fit right in!