Posts by Sula Gleeson
Unlimited festival 2022
The Southbank Centre, London has been presenting the Unlimited festival since 2012 in partnership with the Unlimited commissioning fund. The festival showcases new commissions, bespoke one-off events and existing work. The festival is from 5th – 11th Sept. It includes: dance, visual art, discussions, theatre, music and more! Many BSL interpreted. See full programme here: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on?type=accessible-events&type=british-sign-language (or our…
Read MoreBEING HYBRID – A CHEAP AND EASY GUIDE TO HYBRID EVENTS FOR THE LITERATURE SECTOR
Our friends, Spread the Word and CRIPtic Arts are pleased to announce the launch of the Being Hybrid Guide for festivals, literature organisations and publishers. (Hybrid = mixing face-to-face and online access for events.) Written by Jamie Hale, Director of CRIPtic Arts in consultation with deaf and disabled writers, the Guide is designed to support time-…
Read MoreDragon’s Den
Are you Deaf and have a business idea that needs investment? Are you Deaf and have a product you want a higher profile for? Any Deaf entrepreneurs out there?? It’s now series 20 of Dragons’ Den and they are always on the hunt for business ideas, inventions or products with serious business potential that are…
Read MoreCreative Captioning – what is it?
We’ve been given exclusive access to a video that explains the ‘creative captioning’ used in the new show at Bristol Old Vic – Wonder Boy. Creative Captioning, is what it implies – the text of the show is shown in words that appear on the backdrop of the set in a creative way, so they…
Read MoreNadeem Islam talks about his experiences on The Bay series 3.
In the new episodes of the crime drama, Nadeem plays Jamal Rahman, whose older brother, promising young boxer Saif Rahman, is killed. Ahead of the launch of series three, Nadeem spoke to Metro.co.uk about the significance of being a Deaf actor on a primetime programme, acknowledging that there are ‘not many shows that are willing…
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