Accessible performance listings - Audio described performances
Adventurers Wanted: Rebellion
Sweet Novotel
Audio described performance dates
Suitability: 14+ (Guideline)
The entire game is naturally audio-described. The real-life actions of players and performers won’t be described, but the entire game consists of players and performers describing the actions, surroundings and characters that the adventure consists of. Hearing Loop for full duration of the show.
The adventure returns! Tabletop role-playing games meets live storytelling in an improvised epic brought to life over a whole month. Witness the legend unfold over 100 individual hour-long shows, or play yourself! Adventurers Wanted is designed to be open and accessible – whether you’ve played role-playing games before or have no idea what they are! The story that gets told is down to the players: there’s no way of knowing where the adventure will end up, but it’s guaranteed to be unlike anything else, and 'the most fun hour at the Fringe' (ExeuntMagazine.com).
Foil, Arms and Hog – Craicling
Underbelly, Bristo Square
Audio described performance dates
Suitability: 14+
Irish comedy, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato... you racist. Sold-out Fringe 2009-2017. Over 100 million hits on YouTube. Foil, Arms and Hog celebrate a decade at the festival with their best show yet, Craicling. ***** (Irish Times). **** (Times). ***** (Irish Examiner). 'Very funny' (Rowan Atkinson). 'An effervescent hour of fast-paced gags, fizzing with energy, invention and great lines' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Quite simply, a sensation' (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine).
My Left / Right Foot – The Musical
Assembly Roxy
Audio described performance dates
- 1-27 August (excl. 8, 14 and 21)
Suitability: 16+ (Guideline)
BSL interpreted by Natalie MacDonald
Local am-dram society is under pressure to comply with the equalities agenda. They come up with a cunning plan; create a gripping show starring 'the disabled'. What could be better than the Oscar-winning My Left Foot? The only snag is they can't find any disabled actors – but that never stopped Daniel Day-Lewis! Original music by award-winning partnership Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie with additional songs by Richard Thomas ('Jerry Springer – The Opera'). Birds of Paradise and National Theatre of Scotland present this hilarious new musical, celebrating BOP's 25th anniversary. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
Old Boy
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Audio described performance dates
Suitability: 8+
Our BSL is done by Robert McCourt and he moves with the performers but is mostly down stage right.
Do you remember when we used to go camping? And when you helped me make an ATM out of cardboard for my school project? Do you realise what a big impact you’ve had on who I am? From the producers of Junction 25 comes a brand-new show about the unique bond between real-life grandfathers and grandsons that explores male family relationships and the legacy that is passed down through generations. ‘Utterly life-affirming stuff’ **** (Herald). ‘Ok, I loved it’ (FringeReview.co.uk). Co-produced by award-winning theatre company Glas(s) Performance and Platform, Glasgow. Part of Made in Scotland 2018. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com
Ulster American
Traverse Theatre
Audio described performance dates
Suitability: 18+ (Guideline)
Audio described by John Cummings. BSL interpreted by Nicolle Murdoch.
Jay is the Oscar-winning actor taking the lead in a play that connects with his Irish roots. Leigh is the English director who will do anything to get noticed. And Ruth is the Northern Irish playwright whose voice must be heard. The stage is set for great success but when the three meet, a line is crossed, and the heated discussion quickly escalates to violence. Exploring abuses of power, the confusion of cultural identity and the silencing of the female voice, Ulster American by David Ireland (Cyprus Avenue) is confrontational and brutally funny – not for the faint-hearted.
What Girls Are Made of
Traverse Theatre
Audio described performance dates
Suitability: 14+ (Guideline)
Audio described by Jenny Wilson. BSL interpreted by Shaurna Dickson.
In 1992 a schoolgirl from Fife was catapulted to a rock star life in an indie band. Touring with Radiohead, partying with Blur, she was living the dream. Until she wasn’t. Based on her teenage diaries, this is the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from the girl she was to the woman she wanted to be. Performing with a live band, directed by Orla O’Loughlin, Cora celebrates life’s euphoric highs and epic shitstorms, asking what wisdom we should pass to the next generation and which glorious mistakes we should let them make. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com