Making The Arts Accessible
Episodes
14 - David Bellwood
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David Bellwood, who is head of access at the National Theatre, and before that The Globe, discusses the importance of 'predictable adaptability...
13 - Tim Yates
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Yates leads the Research and Innovation Programme at Drake Music, an organisation dedicated to helping musicians with disabilities discover or co-...
12 - James Bottrill
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a detailed and comprehensive chat about the technology used in theatres for assistive listening and audio description. James has a huge amou...
11 - Paul Adams
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Adams is currently Access Project Manager for The Royal Ballet and Opera in London and has been there just over a year. Before that he worked i...
10 - Tom and Caroline Maley
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, recorded at Tom and Caroline's house, we have a great discussion about audio description. Tom is a general all-round arts-love...
09 - Ben Wilson
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Wilson is an actor, theatre-maker, audio description consultant and recently became Extant's first trainee Artistic Director. We talk about...
08 - Emily Malen
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm talking to Emily Malen who is Front of House and Access Development Manager at Theatre Royal Nottingham and Royal Concert Ha...
07 - Jonathan Suffolk
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Jonathan Suffolk, Director of Production at The Curve, Leicester who headed up the team at The National Theatre who developed their smart ca...
06 - Hannah Thompson
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Hannah Thompson, Professor of French and Critical Disability studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, who describes...
05 - Dan Parr
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, I hear from actor Dan Parr about how he first got into audio describing whilst performing in Road at Leeds Playhouse, and how he...
04 - Jonathan Penny
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Jonathan Penny about audio description for TV. He worked at ITV and is now at Channel 4 heading up their access services. And we also c...
03 - Paul Whittaker
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation with Paul who is a BSL interpreter, covered how he prepares to sign an opera, what more theatres can do to welcome D/deaf audiences, a...
02 - Philippa Cross
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat to Philippa about her work with Talking Birds theatre company in Coventry and especially the invention of a mobile captioning system - The Diff...
01 - Vicky Ackroyd
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Vicky about her work as an audio describer, and an access champion, what she thinks of relaxed performances, and her work w...
00 - Trailer
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this trailer, I discuss why I made the podcast and what it's all about.Thanks for listening! You can see all episodes on my website www.aliceg...