A different kind of drama - the visually-impaired actors creating pictures through sound
Summary
Sightless Cinema is running a two-year audio-drama project for blind and partially sighted people. Participants are creating a play through sound, using props and sound effects to build settings and characters for an audience; they plan to perform it in 2028.Key Facts
- The workshop is part of a two-year project run by Sightless Cinema.
- The group is writing a play about a jilted bride on her wedding day and a chaotic household.
- Participants use items such as gravel, leaves, a wind machine and a miniature door to create sounds.
- Helen Kennedy plays the bride and said mainstream drama groups had been reluctant to include her because they feared she might fall from a stage.
- Jim Masterson, who lost his sight after an assault, has returned to drama after decades away.
- Participants said the sessions offer a chance to perform, improvise, learn sound techniques and connect with others.
- The group plans to perform the play for an audience in 2028.
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