Faces behind the voices
New VI sports team in Gloucestershire
By Monica Farthing
Insight have joined the Goalball revolution
In the Insight Magazine we often talk
about the Theatre group attending
Audio Described (AD) performances
at The Everyman, so for this issue we
thought we would find out more and
go behind the scenes!
Judy Williams and Jenny Wicks
are the Ladies that you hear and
they took on the role nearly 3 years
ago. Jenny has a background in
directing, and Judy has a sister
who is visual impaired, so they
both came to the role from different
perspectives of what is important to
the listener of the play.
The process of describing a
performance begins with seeing
the play beforehand to learn
what elements are integral to the
understanding of the plot lines,
themes and atmosphere. “You have
to work out what is important for
the audience to know. For instance
in a play, if someone pulls a gun
out, that would change the whole
atmosphere on stage”.
One of the regulars that use the
service is Mrs Howse, she explains
that at the start of the play you are
briefed about what characters are
wearing and the setting of the stage
which helps to understand the
premise of the opening act.
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2014 · Issue 11
The Audio Description service “is
excellent, my sight is awful and I
find it helps tremendously. For a
while I did not go to the theatre
- something which I have always
enjoyed - as I could not see the
stage, but then I heard about AD, I
am now back to going regularly”
“The headsets themselves are
comfortable and you hardly know
that you are wearing them” After the
performa