{"id":2723,"date":"2019-08-08T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:21:12","slug":"phd-student-kasia-senyszyn-writes-on-accessible-theatre-for-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2019\/08\/08\/phd-student-kasia-senyszyn-writes-on-accessible-theatre-for-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD student Kasia Senyszyn writes on accessible theatre for The Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kasia Senyszyn, who is studying for a PhD in Drama by Research<\/a> in the School of Arts<\/a>, supported by the Alumni Postgraduate Research Scholarship<\/a>, has just contributed an opinion piece for The Stage<\/em><\/a> on making theatre inclusive.<\/p>\n

Established in 1880, The Stage<\/em> is a British weekly newspaper for the entertainment industry, with a particular focus on theatre.<\/p>\n

In her article, entitled \u2018It\u2019s Time For Action, Not Excuses, On Inclusive Theatre\u2019, Kasia argues for the need for theatres to make their shows more accessible and inclusive.<\/p>\n

\u2018Tagging things as \u2018accessible\u2019 in a programme also implies only that work is accessible to everyone, which is often not the case,\u2019 she argues in the piece. \u2018For example, dance is often accessible for D\/deaf people. A poetry reading is often accessible for visually impaired people. In an ideal world, we wouldn\u2019t need to tag something as \u2018accessible\u2019 because everything would be. For now, I suppose, we need it. But in reality, it\u2019s just about being more explicit about what our work includes.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, drawing on her PhD research, Kasia makes suggestions for changes that theatres can easily make. \u2018There are real things that theatre companies can do, even those on a budget like many at the [Edinburgh] fringe. A projector and PowerPoint can be used to do captions in your show. YouTube can add automatic captions to videos… An audio brochure or programme can be done with you recording the written material yourself on SoundCloud.\u2019<\/p>\n

Kasia is artistic director of the Parrot Theatre Company<\/a>, which will be performing an accessible version of Mark Wilson\u2019s play Talk<\/em><\/a> at the Edinburgh Festival from Sunday 11 August until Saturday 17 August 2019. For details of these performances, please see the page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To read the full piece, please see The Stage<\/em> site here:
\nwww.thestage.co.uk\/opinion\/2019\/artistic-director-kasia-senyszyn-its-time-for-action-not-excuses-on-inclusive-theatre\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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