BSL Interpreter – Paul Michaels

Part of Imagine Children’s Festival

A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust: discover the new book by beloved children’s author Michael Rosen.

Told through prose and poetry, The Missing is the true story of Rosen’s search for his relatives who ‘went missing’ during the Second World War.

Poems old and new are balanced against an immensely readable narrative; both an extraordinary account and a powerful tool for talking to children about the Holocaust.

To join the free Access Scheme and book tickets to access the interpreter, call the Ticket Office on 020 3879 9555 or email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/141105-michael-rosen-missing-2020

(Queen Elizabeth Hall)

Interpreter: Clare Edwards

Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.

Rosalind is banished, wrestling with her heart and her head. With her cousin by her side, she journeys to a world of exile where barriers are broken down and all can discover their deeper selves.

Kimberley Sykes directs a riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.

Direct from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company returns to the Theatre Royal with a season of exhilarating Shakespeare plays bursting with contemporary resonance.

Opening the season is Shakespeare’s dark comedy, Measure for Measure. Directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, this intense and compelling production is shockingly relevant for today. Following this, an imaginative new take on Shakespeare’s riotous comedy As You Like It, directed by Kimberley Sykes. Come on a journey of laughter, romance and self-discovery and completing the season is The Taming of The Shrew, directed by Justin Audibert, the ultimate battle of the sexes is turned on its head in a fresh portrayal of gender politics.

https://trch.co.uk/whats-on/as-you-like-it-rsc/

Interpreter:  TBC

George and Martha invite Nick and Honey to join them for a nightcap. It’s way too late in the evening, but what do they have to lose?

David Mercatali (Blue Heart, Dark Vanilla Jungle, Radiant Vermin) returns to Tobacco Factory Theatres to direct Edward Albee’s landmark black comedy. By turns brilliantly funny and utterly devastating, you won’t want to look away.

Two professors and their wives living the American Dream. Following an innocent invitation after a college campus party, the paper-thin illusion that all is well starts to peel away as George and Martha realise they have a captive audience for their toxic domestic games. As dawn approaches, there is only one way this party can end. And whether they like it or not, everyone must play their part.

Pull up a chair and fix yourself a drink.

Our new co-production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? builds on the electrifying drama of past Tobacco Factory Theatres productions such as Blue Heart, A View From the Bridge, Macbeth and Beautiful Thing. We are thrilled to present this exhilarating masterpiece in the intimacy of our Factory Theatre before taking it to our co-producers Wiltshire Creative in Salisbury.

To book tickets for BSL performances, you can either contact the Box Office directly or login to your account on our website. Go to My Account then Other Preferences and ensure you have selected your accessibility needs. You will then be able to pick your own wheelchair or BSL seat once you are logged into your account. For any queries, please contact the Box Office on tickets@tobaccofactorytheatres.com or call 0117 902 0344.

https://www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/edward-albees-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/

Interpreter:  TBC

Schedule of interpreted events for FRIDAY 6th MARCH

Please note you will need to purchase a day pass for the Friday to attend these events. Passes can be purchased here: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/137871-wow-friday-day-pass-2020

10:30-11:30am, Opening event, Royal Festival Hall
12:00-13:00pm, Love Stories, Royal Festival Hall
12:00-13:00pm, Women’s Parliament, Queen Elizabeth Hall
13:45-14:45pm, WOW Big Ideas, Royal Festival Hall
13:45-14:45pm, Me & White Supremacy, Queen Elizabeth Hall
15:30-16:30pm, Corporates get Naked, Royal Festival Hall
15:30-16:30pm, Mayoral Hustings, Queen Elizabeth Hall
17:00-18:00pm, WOW Closing, Royal Festival Hall

If there is a session you want to go to that is not on the BSL schedule, we also offer a roaming service. Please put in requests as soon as possible to secure an interpreter. You can do this by coming to the BSL access desk based at the information desk in the Southbank Centre and or emailing office@performanceinterpreting.co.uk

The full schedule of events is available here:

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/women-of-the-world

For Day pass events – There will be reserved BSL seating at the front of each session.

BSL Interpreters: Vicki Lamb and Susan Merrick

Part of WOW Festival

See what is often unseen as the campaigner and writer discusses her groundbreaking book Invisible Women.

Imagine a world where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, your phone is too big for your hand, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, or where the hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.

If any of this feels familiar, chances are you’re a woman.

In conversation about her critically acclaimed book Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez reveals a world largely built for and by men, in areas that include government policy, medical research, technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media.

Following successful campaigns to put a woman on Bank of England notes, put a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, and get Twitter to revise its abuse procedures, Criado Perez has produced Invisible Women to expose the shocking data bias that excludes women, the real life effect it has and – crucially – as a call for change.

Chaired by Helena Kennedy QC – writer, human rights barrister and member of the House of Lords.

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/137506-caroline-criado-perez-invisible-women-2020

BSL Interpreters – Paul Michaels and Nikki Harris

What does it mean to be British today? Have identities shifted in the new Brexit Britain? What does ‘British values’ even mean in a modern age?

Join a line-up of speakers to explore these questions and more with WOW – Women of the World.

With reports of hate crimes increasing, and some people feeling more ostracised since the UK’s historical referendum, we examine exactly what it means to be British today, what impact this changing landscape has on our identities as British women, and ask who the keepers of British values are.

Speakers include journalist and ‘Why I am no Longer Talking to White People about Race author Reni Eddo- Lodge, co-author of Cut From the Same Cloth, activist and curator of the Museum will not be Decolonised Sumaya Kassim, academic and author of (B)ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire Dr Nadine El-Enany and journalist and editor of the fanzine British Values. Chaired by Channel 4 News broadcaster Fatima Manji.

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/140471-britishness-and-power-2020

BSL Interpreters – Tracey Tyer and Sophie Allen

In an afternoon of fun, frank and honest conversation, Scarlett Curtis and special guests discuss what feminism means to them.

Curated by journalist and activist Curtis, Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies) is a collection of essays by 52 amazing women on what the F word means to them.

Described by Reese Witherspoon as ‘brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real’, the book includes pieces by the likes of Emma Watson, Dolly Alderton and Liv Little, to name a few.

Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies) is a Sunday Times bestseller and winner of a 2018 National Book Award.

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/140469-scarlett-curtis-feminists-don’t-wear-pink-live-2020