Extant Connect - EXTANT Extant CONNECT Extant CONNECT is our monthly online session for blind and VI people to network, talk, learn and share ideas, taking place on the last Monday evening of every month. For more informatio...

Join us on 27th April 7-8:30pm for our next online Extant Connect session. This month, we'll be joined by our own Thinker-in-Residence, Aisling Keavey. She will be discussing her background in archiving and photography. Sessions are for VI people.
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Join @cripticarts.bsky.social and Miranda Debenham for a workshop that will cover the process of producing in more depth, covering funding, timelines and approaching venues.

When: 21 Apr
Where: Online
Cost: Free

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Our AD/CEO, Dr Maria Oshodi will be presenting at the Philosophy, access and the performing arts Symposium at the University of Surrey on Saturday 25th April. Maria will present on 'The invisible absurd: Presencing the invisibled'
Free tickets below:
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Second Trimester | Battersea Arts Centre

From our friends at Battersea Arts Centre, 2 upcoming AD performances (24th April & 25th April - 7:30pm) of 'Second Trimester' by Krishna Istha and Geetha Shankar. An ambitious new show exploring multi-generational pregnancy stories and untold family histories.
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Audio Introductions and Creative Audio Description Learn how to write, record and share an Audio Introduction for your Fringe show, to help make your work more accessible for visually impaired audiences. We will also touch on easy ways to start incorporating elements of Creative Audio Description in your work.   This event will be recorded.

Last chance to sign up for our free online workshop exploring 'Audio Introductions and Creative Audio Description' on 13th April, 3pm. Learn how to write, record and share an Audio Introduction and how make your work more accessible for VI audiences.
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Don't forget if you're heading to Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year or if you want to make your work more accessible to visually impaired audiences, you can read our free artist access resource below! extant.org.uk/artist-acces...

Reserve Your Place – WAARC Collaborative Projects Online Festival – Zoom WAARC Collaborative Projects Online Festival – Zoom, Mon 20 Apr 2026 - 📅Date & Time: Monday 20th April 12noon – 3pm BST (UK time) 📍Location: On Zoom. The zoom link will be sent to you in the mo...

Reserve your free place below for the WAARC Collaborative Projects Online Festival on 20th April 12-3pm. As part of this event, Dr Maria Oshodi (Extant) and Dr Grace Joseph (Sheffield University) will be discussing their co-produced Open Scholar project.
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Audio Introductions and Creative Audio Description Learn how to write, record and share an Audio Introduction for your Fringe show, to help make your work more accessible for visually impaired audiences. We will also touch on easy ways to start incor...

Join the Extant team on 13th April, 3pm for a free online workshop exploring 'Audio Introductions and Creative Audio Description'. Learn how to write, record and share an Audio Introduction and how to help make your work more accessible for VI audiences.
connect.edfringe.com/events/207883

Extant Connect - EXTANT Extant CONNECT Extant CONNECT is our monthly online session for blind and VI people to network, talk, learn and share ideas, taking place on the last Monday evening of every month. For more informatio...

Extant Connect is our monthly online session for VI people to talk, network and connect! Join us on Monday 30th March 7-8.30pm, as we will be joined by Cathy Waller from Decode, who will be guest speaking about current issues with Access to Work.
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Iron Fantasy - Soho Theatre A sweaty show with songs asking: what does it mean to feel strong?

From our friends at She Goat, catch Iron Fantasy at Soho Theatre until 21st March.
A sweaty show with songs asking: what does it mean to feel strong?
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Select tickets – Panel: Inclusive Recruitment and Hacking Bureaucracy – Zoom Panel: Inclusive Recruitment and Hacking Bureaucracy – Zoom, Wed 25 Mar 2026 - This is the fifth and final instalment of the Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace webinar series hosted by the W...

From the Extant team, Tam Gilbert and Ian Abbott will be presenting on the panel: Inclusive Recruitment and Hacking Bureaucracy hosted online by Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture on 25th March 12pm.
Free tickets👇
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Artist Access Resources - EXTANT Louisa Sanfey, Extant Artist Development Manager, hints at our return to Fringe 2026 and outlines the access resources available for artists.

We'll be returning to Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with even more ambitious plans...Announcements will be coming soon! In the meantime, check out our training and resources available for artists heading to Fringe in 2026🎭
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Shuggy Boats Jackdaw Media Presents SHUGGY BOATS Written by JACQUIE LAWRENCE

For Newcastle VI adults, we are offering free tickets! Join us on Wednesday 18th March at Live Theatre to experience Enhance 'Shuggy Boats'. We will attend Meet Extant (5pm), the Touch Tour (6:30pm) and performance (7:30pm). Email admin@extant.org.uk
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Join us for our next No Dramas session - free drama workshops for VI adults led by VI facilitators. On Monday 23rd March 6-8pm at BAC, London. This session we'll focus on acting skills, facilitated by Tam Gilbert and Terry James. Meet and greet service available🎭 Email admin@extant.org.uk

Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by ‘Otherwise’ Narratives Immersive Acts is a two-day in-person transdisciplinary symposium organised by the RCA Immersive Acts Research Group.

Our AD, Dr Maria Oshodi will be presenting at Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by ‘Otherwise’ Narratives at The Royal College of Art on 12th March 10:45am on 'Flatland: An Adventure of Invisibilism in Many Dimensions'
Free tickets below👇
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Showcase and Festival Callout - EXTANT Extant have big plans- we are hosting visually impaired artists for our 2026 Edinburgh Fringe showcase and our 2027 future festival.

We have big plans in 2026 and 2027 – and we want to hear from you about how your work and ideas might fit in. Featuring a showcase of visually impaired-led work at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 and Festival in Spring 2027.
Find out more👇
extant.org.uk/showcase-and...

Access To Work - Statement - EXTANT A statement from Extant on the recent Access To Work Cuts that disabled people are facing in the industry.

We are mortified at the current arbitrary and callas attack on disabled artists by sudden reductions to their ATW support by the DWP. We are in solidarity with established disabled arts leaders such as Jenny Sealey at @graeaetheatre.bsky.social
#solidarity
Statement: extant.org.uk/access-to-wo...

Extant Future Labs - EXTANT Extant are launching performance labs in Spring suitable for visually impaired artists. They will take place in London and the Midlands.

Apply for our Future Creative Performance Lab! On 3rd and 4th June at Attenborough Arts Centre. Led by our AD Dr Maria Oshodi and TAD, Tam Gilbert, VI participants will explore new creative ideas through a VI performance approach. Deadline 6th April, 10am.
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The Memory of Water - Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres A major 30th anniversary revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s play which won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy...

For Liverpool VI adults, we are offering Free Theatre tickets! Join us on Saturday 14th March at Liverpool Everyman to experience Enhance 'The Memory Of Water'. We will attend Meet Extant (11:45am), the Touch Tour (1pm) and performance (2pm).
Email admin@extant.org.uk
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Access to Work 2026 - Graeae

Have your say on your experience of Access to Work.

To inform our response to The Public Accounts Committee Inquiry, we’ve created a short survey for our community and for those who would prefer to submit their evidence through Graeae.

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Extant Future Labs - EXTANT Extant are launching performance labs in Spring suitable for visually impaired artists. They will take place in London and the Midlands.

Apply for our Future Labs programmes - taking place in London (18th & 19th March) and the Midlands (3rd & 4th June). Labs will be led by our AD, Dr Maria Oshodi and TAD, Tam Gilbert. This opportunity is open to visually impaired people only.
Information👇
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Online training from a visually impaired perspective - EXTANT Ava Brewster, reflects on her experiences of online training as visually impaired trainee creative producer and provides some useful tips.

Our Trainee Creative Producer, Ava Brewster, reflects on accessing online training as a visually impaired attendee — what worked, what didn’t, and how providers can better support visually impaired participants. A practical, honest look at inclusive learning: extant.org.uk/online-train...

Dance Description –Phenomenon or Fallacy - EXTANT Dr Maria Oshodi, Artistic Director and CEO, reflects on her experiences of Dance description in theatre- Phenomenon or Fallacy.

Read Dr Maria Oshodi's latest blog on Dance Description - Phenomenon or Fallacy. From an audience perspective, Maria reflects on her access experiences and reveals Extant's upcoming access dramaturgy collaboration...find out more below!
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The Memory of Water - Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres A major 30th anniversary revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s play which won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy...

Free Theatre tickets for VI audiences! Join us on Saturday 14th March at Liverpool Everyman to experience The Memory Of Water. Ticket holders will attend Meet Extant (11:45am), the pre-show Touch Tour (1pm) and performance (2pm).
Email admin@extant.org.uk
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Jobs & Opportunities - Archive Consultant Disability Arts Online (DAO) is looking for an Archive Consultant to support its landmark heritage project, ‘Cripping Culture: a Journey into Disability Arts Heritage’. There is a maximum budget of £5...

From our friends at @disabilityarts.bsky.social who are recruiting a freelance Archive Consultant to support its landmark heritage project, ‘Cripping Culture: a Journey into Disability Arts Heritage’.
Fee: £5,400
Deadline: March 2nd, 12 noon.
UK/remote
Apply👇
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Audio-described tour: Monument to the Unimportant Audio-described by VocalEyes. Join VocalEyes describer Di Langford to explore the Monument to the Unimportant exhibition at London's Pace Gallery. The group exhibition brings together sculptures, pain...

Coming up on Saturday 7th February, 3pm an audio described tour of Monument: To the Unimportant, by VocalEyes at London's Pace Gallery. Tickets are free!🏛️
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Extant Connect is an online monthly session for VI artists. Our next online session Monday 26th January, 7–8.30pm, Louisa Sanfey (ADM) & Ava Brewster (TCP) will share Extant's upcoming plans, including opportunities to experiment and have work platformed. 📧louisa@extant.org.uk

Book your bespoke Extant Enhance training today! - EXTANT Extant offers tailored consultancy for venues and theatre companies for visually impaired artists and audiences.

Commission us to work on your access dramaturgy and your access training needs.

“Brilliant training, very clear and hugely practical.”

If you would like to receive our Commissions menu or find out more, head to our website:
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Extant Future Labs - EXTANT Extant are launching performance labs in Spring suitable for visually impaired artists. They will take place in London and the Midlands.

Come and test ideas in our creative performance Labs this Spring in London and the Midlands! Led by our AD, Dr Maria Oshodi, and TAD, Tam Gilbert, we invite you to explore new creative ideas. This opportunity is for visually impaired people only. Apply👇
extant.org.uk/extant-futur...

Two performers sit on chair, framed between two audience members standing and watching the scene.

Join us for our next No Dramas session - free drama workshops for VI adults led by VI facilitators- on Monday 2nd February 6-8pm, at Battersea Arts Centre, London. Facilitated by Tam Gilbert and Terry James. A meet and greet service is also available. Email admin@extant.org.uk.