We are the UK's leading company of visually impaired artists & theatre practitioners 🦮🧑‍🦯
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Jun 9
Join our next Extant Connect on Monday 29 June, 7–8.30pm on Zoom! Nick Coupe from Hat Trick Productions will share his experience of creating new work with a visually impaired actor.
A relaxed online space for blind and visually impaired artists.
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Jun 5
Invitation to complete the Rest, Free Time and Disability Questionnaire. A project exploring how rest and free time are experienced, regulated, and denied in the UK. For anyone who self-identifies as a disabled adult, 18 Contact: ioana.chis@glasgow.ac.uk.
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Jun 3
Our Thinker-In-Residence's latest blog is live! Aisling compares her experiences of Design & Disability and Beyond the Visual. Exploring themes of access, perception, and Extant's production of Flight Paths and how this has re-shaped her thinking.
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Jun 2
Our Artistic Director & CEO, Dr Maria Oshodi reflects on the path to her PhD; as well as how the echo of the place Hawkwood, past and present, has played its part for Extant, read more in her latest blog post 'Hawkwood – Matter and the Immaterial'.
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May 21
For Nottingham VI adults, we are offering free theatre tickets to the Enhance performance of 'Scenes from a Friendship' on 2nd June at Nottingham Playhouse. We'll attend Meet Extant 5-6pm, Touch Tour (6:45pm) and show (7:45pm).
Email admin@extant.org.uk
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May 15
Read Theatre Villages article on the noise that we are making at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026.
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May 8
Extant returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, pioneering sector wide change in visual impairment access.
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May 7
Our Trainee Artistic Director, Tam Gilbert has started rehearsals this week for her Artistic Project 'Marking Time'. Tam speaks with @RNIBRadio Toby Davey about her background, role, Extant and 'Marking Time'. Listen below!
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Apr 30
Our next No Dramas will take place on 18th May 6-8pm at @battersea_arts This is a free, fun drama workshop for VI adults, led by Benjamin Wilson, our former TAD. Meet & greet from 5:15pm at Clapham Junction station and access support is available. Email admin@extant.org.uk
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Apr 24
For Brighton VI adults, we are offering free theatre tickets to the Enhance performance of 'Beaverhausen' on Thursday 28th May at Komedia. We will attend Meet Extant (4-5pm), the Touch Tour (5:30pm) and performance (6:30pm).
Email admin@extant.org.uk
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Apr 22
Listen to an interview with Roderick Dungate and preview of his new play 'Seeing With My Dog' on BBC In Touch Radio 4. Performances will take place in Birmingham across April.
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Apr 21
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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Apr 17
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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Apr 14
From our friends at @battersea_arts 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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Apr 10
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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Apr 9
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-access-…
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Apr 7
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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Mar 24
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/…
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Mar 23
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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