Scotland Regional Peer Support Group
This regional Peer Support Group provides a welcoming, safe and friendly opportunity for people with inherited sight loss to meet up to share experiences, tips and information.
We are pleased to invite you to join our Edinburgh & Glasgow local group facilitators, Valerie Scott & Lynn Barr for a special region wide Scotland peer support group where we are delighted to welcome guest speaker Veronica Kinahan an audio describer at the Scottish Opera.
Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company and the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland. The Company’s performance repertoire ranges across five centuries, from the earliest operas to newly-commissioned world premieres.
Mention opera and most people think of singing and music – but this is only part of the overall experience. What about scenery, costumes, lighting, direction and choreography? For those living with sight loss, their audio description service provides a live commentary, describing the action on stage without compromising the music
At full-length performances, audience members can also book a free touch tour – an opportunity to go backstage and become more familiar with the set, scenery, props and costumes. This aims to help visually impaired audience members immerse themselves in the world presented on stage, with audio describers, stage management and wardrobe staff present to answer any questions and share descriptions or interpretations of the space.
Veronica is part of the audio description team at Scottish Opera and is delighted to be joining us to talk about her role and the touch tour process as well as answering any questions you may have. Veronica is also a freelance audio describer, so will be able to talk about Taylor Swift, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Murder on the Orient Express – and not one, but TWO pantomimes that she is describing this Christmas!
We hope you can join us to hear about how audio description and touch tours can bring the magic of theatre to life for those of us living with sight loss and perhaps inspire you to book a performance local to you this festive season.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Venue
This meeting will be held online via Zoom.