Join Louisa Sanfey (Extant) and Kirin Saeed (Visually Impaired Creators Scotland) on 20th January, 3pm-4pm for a free online workshop on an introduction to access options for visually impaired audiences. A space to demystify terminology and share tips. connect.edfringe.com/events/199317

Interested in inclusive digital storytelling? Have a listen to Digital Culture Network's Podcast Episode 15 with the Extant team. Tam Gilbert and Louisa Sanfey discuss Unseen, a powerful audio drama about domestic abuse in the blind and VI community digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/knowledge/di...

🚨Brand new role available! @disabilityarts.bsky.social are recruiting a new Artistic Director. They're looking for a disabled creative leader who will play a pivotal part in shaping their next chapter. Deadline: Before 12 noon on 19th January 2026. disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

Opportunity from @disabilityarts.bsky.social who are recruiting a Heritage Project Coordinator to support their landmark project, ‘Cripping Culture: a Journey into Disability Arts Heritage'. Deadline to apply is Monday 8th December (before 12 noon). disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

We're looking for an Artistic Director! If you'd like to find out more about the role follow the link below to read the job pack. You can also book a place on our recruitment information session being held on Thursday 11th December. disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

VI audiences are invited to the Enhance Performance of 'A Merry Misrule' on Friday 5th December at Battersea Arts Centre. In preparation, Wild Rumpus received Touch Tour training yesterday, delivered by an Extant visually impaired facilitator. Tickets are still available🎄 bac.org.uk/whats-on/a-m...

No Dramas is our free drama workshop for visually impaired adults, led by our VI Trainee Artistic Director, Tam Gilbert. Join us on Monday 8th December, 6–8pm at Battersea Arts Centre. Meet & greet from access workers at 5:15pm Clapham Junction station. Sign up: [email protected]

Our latest newsletter is out! Read about our Edinburgh Festival Fringe success, Enhance year 2 programme, and meet a new staff member. Also is there a Dr. in the house? mailchi.mp/extant.org.u...

Calling all venues and theatre companies: 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: extant.org.uk/book-your-be...

What is the difference between access consultancy, access dramaturgy and a car crash? In the turbulent world of theatremaking, our Artistic Director honestly critiques three recent different experiences of integrated access consultancies... extant.org.uk/state-of-acc...

Have you read our Thinker-In-Residence's latest blog? From an archival and photographic practice, Aisling Keavey has written a fascinating blog about their practice led research and about starting at the company. extant.org.uk/performing-e...

Led by our TCP, Ava Brewster, Extant Connect is back online for visually impaired adults on Monday 24th November 7-8:30pm. We’ll be workshopping ideas for research and development (R&D) and will demystify the R&D process. To sign up, email [email protected]

We're seeking visually impaired individuals with prison experience. This includes individuals who have either firsthand experience of prison or who have visited prisons and can share their insights. Interviews will be confidential. Deadline: 25th November. extant.org.uk/call-out-vis...

Our fun and friendly No Dramas workshops are back on 17th November 6-8pm at Battersea Arts Centre. These are free drama workshops for VI adults. Our TAD, Tam Gilbert and TCP, Ava Brewster will be leading. Meet and Greet and access support is available. Email [email protected] to sign up!

Visually impaired audiences are invited to attend the Enhance performance of 'A Merry Misrule' by Wild Rumpus on 5th Dec, 3:15pm at Battersea Arts Centre. Join the immersive Touch Tour at 2:30pm, which will feature a live presentation of programme notes. bac.org.uk/whats-on/a-m...

Happy Halloween! If you want to experience something truly terrifying...why don't you watch the first ever authentic blind Zombie movie? Conceived by Extant in 2013 as part of the Blind in Theatre Festival in Zagreb, featuring international VI performers🧟‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVnE...

🎙 New DCN podcast episode, James Akers chats with our Artist Development Manager Louisa Sanfey & Trainee Artistic Director Tam Gilbert on 'Unseen'. Our powerful award winning audio drama born from lived experience & inclusive digital practices. Listen: digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/knowledge/di...

Coming up this weekend! VI audiences are invited to attend the Enhance performance of 'Revenge: After The Levoyah' by Nick Cassenbaum on 26th Oct, 7:30pm at Norwich Theatre Stage Two. Join the Touch Tour at 6:30pm featuring a presentation of programme notes. norwichtheatre.org/whats-on/rev...

On Saturday, Extant Theatre Club members enjoyed a brilliant trip to experience the Enhance performance of 'Syncopated'. Members received a warm welcome with refreshments, followed by the delivery of a free Touch Tour and performance. extant.org.uk/participatio...

An exciting new role at Vital Xposure for disabled, Deaf, or neurodivergent playwrights with leadership ambitions! Be VX’s Literary Associate and help shape the future of new writing. Apply by 5pm, Thu 6 Nov: www.vitalxposure.co.uk/literary-associate ‎

We're seeking visually impaired individuals with prison experience. This includes individuals who have either firsthand experience of prison or who have visited prisons and can share their insights. Interviews will be confidential. Deadline: 27th October. extant.org.uk/call-out-vis...

We're seeking organisations with experience of working with visually impaired prisoners and the prison system process. Interviews will be confidential. Deadline: 27th October extant.org.uk/organisation...

No Dramas is back on 17th November 6-8pm at Battersea Arts Centre. These are free drama workshops for VI adults. Our TAD, Tam Gilbert and TCP, Ava Brewster will be leading this session. Meet and Greet and access support is available. Email [email protected] to sign up.

VI audiences are invited to attend the Enhance performance of 'Revenge: After The Levoyah' by Nick Cassenbaum on 26th October, 7:30pm at Norwich Theatre Stage Two. Join the pre-show Touch Tour at 6:30pm featuring a live presentation of the programme notes. norwichtheatre.org/whats-on/rev...

"You’re fighting for equal rights... I’m still fighting for the right to exist.” As Sophie stares down a medical decision that will change her life. Jasmine Thien presents I Dream in Colour (former Extant Associate Artist) with Creatively Integrated AD. theatre503.com/whats-on/i-d...

On BBC Radio 4, 7th October, 4pm, "Ways of Not Seeing". A programme about blind ways of looking at art by blind writer Joseph Rizzo Naudi. A new world of imaginative audio description transforming the experience of art galleries for blind and sighted people alike. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

We're seeking organisations with experience of working with visually impaired prisoners and the prison system process. Interviews will be confidential. Deadline: 27th October extant.org.uk/organisation...

We're seeking visually impaired individuals with prison experience. This includes individuals who have either firsthand experience of prison or who have visited prisons and can share their insights. Interviews will be confidential. Deadline: 27th October. extant.org.uk/call-out-vis...

🌿Open Call: The Royal Parks Charity and UP projects are launching a 6-month paid artist residency in Greenwich Park (£22k + studio). Apply by 2nd November 2025. Suitable for early to mid-career artists. bit.ly/constellations-residency

Last chance to apply for our Collective Dreaming cohort! Applications close on 3rd October, 4pm. When: 29th October 2025 (London) and mid-January 2026 (3 days outside of London). £300 per day. Travel, accommodation and per diems covered. Come and dream with us☁️ extant.org.uk/collective-d...

Discover how Extant’s Enhance project is breaking new ground in accessible theatre. Year one's evaluation highlights the impact of programme notes, touch tours and co-creation with visually impaired facilitators. Read the full report: extant.org.uk/enhance-year-1

Our AD Maria Oshodi’s 1986 play ‘Blood Sweat and Fears’ will be featured as part of 'UPRISING: In A New Light' on 2nd October at Brixton House Theatre. Part-performance, part-discussion, Skin Deep centre the ways young Black Brits see themselves. Tickets £10 brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/in-a-n...

Coming up at @southbankcentre.bsky.social Global Crip Poetry Celebration on 25th October, 2pm. Poets Rachael Boast, Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman introduce a new anthology by 100 deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets from across the globe. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/glo...

Save the date! Extant Connect is back online on 29 September 7-8:30pm, facilitated by Extant’s Trainee Creative Producer, Ava Brewster with a 'back to school' theme. Join fellow visually impaired creatives to discuss plans, share ideas and encourage each other. extant.org.uk/artist-devel...

We have free tickets available for the Enhance performance of Romeo & Juliet at Liverpool Everyman on 1st Oct. These are for VI audience members, on a first come first served basis. Featuring a pre-show Touch Tour and 'Meet Extant' Email [email protected] everymanplayhouse.com/enhance-rome...

Curating Visibility, a nationwide programme led by @accentuateuk.bsky.social are seeking co-producers for 3 new digital interventions. Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent collaborators will co-create meaningful change in how museums represent disabled experiences. curatingforchange.org/2025/07/29/c...

VI audiences are invited to attend the Enhance performance of 'Much Ado About Nothing' by The HandleBards on 17th September, 7:30pm at Norwich Theatre Playhouse. At 6pm, a pre-show Touch Tour will feature a live presentation of programme notes. Tickets are limited! norwichtheatre.org/whats-on/the...

Join us for an Accessible Devising Workshop on 5th September 10.30am-12.30pm at The Creation Works, Par. Experience a whole suite of games, techniques and exercises that can help make your work more accessible for VI Participants. Sign up via [email protected] and donate what you like!

Calling all disabled creatives in East London...The Olympic Park development in 2012 has accelerated growth and regeneration in this area, but are disabled creative practitioners truly benefiting from this expansion? Fill out the survey below👇 qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Our Artistic Director, Maria Oshodi, has a produced a chapter in 'Beyond the Visual', which forms part of one of her PhD thesis case studies. You can download a free copy or purchase on the link below uclpress.co.uk/book/beyond-...

Sharing this fantastic opportunity from @extantltd.bsky.social, recruiting their first ever Thinker-In-Residence. Applications for this paid role open to imaginative, dynamic people living with sight loss who are keen to enter the world of the performing arts. More here: bsky.app/profile/exta...

Our aim to make the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 more accessible to visually impaired audiences has been a resounding success! Thanks to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, ZOO venues, and VICS we've demonstrated the visually impaired access is possible at the Fringe. Read on extant.org.uk/edinburgh-fe...

We still have some free tickets available! Please help us spread the word! @sightscotland.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social @visionaryuk.bsky.social @macularsociety.org @slcouncils.bsky.social

Calling all creatives up at Edinburgh next week...Join us and VICS for our Open House on Access event on 13th August 11-1pm at ZOO Southside Cab Bar. It's free to attend. Learn how to make your work accessible for visually impaired audiences and performers. extant.org.uk/project/edin...

Sight Scotland and Sight Loss Councils have partnered with iconic Fringe venue The Pleasance to deliver visual impairment awareness training to over 250 staff ahead of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe Find out more: ow.ly/l40p50WBnWK

A fantastic opportunity available for disabled artists. Make sure you apply before the September deadline👇

Across England, five sensory installations are ready as part of the @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social They have been created using the Sensational Museum multisensory toolkit. They're making exhibitions engaging and accessible. Check them out below🎉 mailchi.mp/4caaa4c7093e...

Our former Associate Artist, Jasmine Thien has been shortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award at this years Edinburgh Festival Fringe! You can catch 'I Dream In Colour' at Underbelly this August, which features Creatively Integrated Audio Description. www.whatsonstage.com/news/popcorn...

We have free tickets available for 3 Enhance shows at ZOO venues on 12th & 13th August! These are for visually impaired audience members and are on a first come first served basis. All shows have a pre-show Touch Tour with programme notes. Email [email protected] extant.org.uk/project/edin...

Tonight’s performance of Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? At Edinburgh Fringe will have live audio description through headsets! Many thanks to @extantltd.bsky.social and Zoo Venues for enabling this.