We had our audio described performance of Robin Hood earlier this week. Jonathan Nash and Margaret Spittles, our describers, sit in a booth at the back of the circle and describe the action on stage for those people in our audience who are blind or visually impaired. Before the curtain went up though, we ran a small touch tour on the set of Robin Hood. It gave our patrons the chance to meet some of the pantomime wardrobe department who had brought with them some beautiful costumes from the show. They described the material and style and went over some of the set too. It's always nice to meet our patrons this way and to be able to get them to meet the people behind the scenes of a big show like this.
Tomorrow (Friday) we have a special schools matinee which is being signed as well as described. You'll be able to see our signer Clare Edwards on stage if you are attending and don't forget to look at the back of the stalls to see if you can spot Jonathan and Margaret busy describing too.
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We came to Birmingham from Lincoln on the 8th Jan , and agreed it was the best panto we had ever seen .
Little Achoo deserved an award for camping up his role to the point where John B could barely speak for laughing .
John was amazing as always ( love ya gorgeous ! ) , and the effects were fabulous .
But most of all , you helped me take a big step forward from a recent tragedy .
My Mum died very suddenly last May , and Nessun Dorma was the song played at her funeral .
I haven't been able to listen to it since without dissolving into tears , but when Tuck did his Indian menu version they were , for the first time , tears of laughter .
I wish I had the words to that song !
A huge thank you to the whole cast and production team .
We have already booked for next year !
Jane
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