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Audio Description for the theatre: preparing the stage

This innovative research into theatre audio description (AD) for the blind and visually impaired (BVIP), set up in collaboration with 2 major Flemish theatres, identifies the challenges of AD for postdrama, and investigates their applicability to other genres & national contexts, laying solid foundations for follow-up PhD research, also on a European level, and contributing to the development of strategies to improve the BVIP's theatrical experience.
Date:1 Jul 2015 →  31 Dec 2016
Keywords:VULNERABLE GROUPS, POSTDRAMA, AUDIO DESCRIPTION, ACCESSIBLE THEATRE
Disciplines:Literary studies, Theory and methodology of language studies, Theatre and performance