Audio described performances &Touch Tours at Birmingham Hippodrome – my first experience

We  are delighted to welcome guest blogger Emma Beattie.  Emma is  a member of the theatre’s Access Forum.   Here she writes honestly about her and  her guide dog Rupert’s  first experience of an Audio Described performance and Touch Tour. I haven’t been to the theatre since I suffered sight loss 6 years ago.  It was something that I [...]

Birmingham Hippodrome sent Chris Unitt to Boston – for an ouch, oowah, scarey moment with Cirque Éloize

Mandy  Rose, Press & PR Officer writes: Isn’t it great when a plan comes together especially when the result goes global on the internet. We recently sent Chris Unitt, one of Birmingham’s leading social media types, on a plane to Boston to meet the cast and creatives of iD, a brand new creation blending circus [...]