//WINNER OF THE 2018 PRIZE OF THE SAXON ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
//WINNER OF THE 2018 INCLUSION PRIZE MOSAIK FROM CENTRAL GERMANY

Audio description (AD) can be translated as “auditory description” and enables blind and visually impaired people to participate more fully. Since December 2013, Schauspiel Leipzig has hosted at least one performance with live audio description every month. An experienced team of blind and sighted writers creates new audio descriptions each season for Schauspiel Leipzig productions at the Große Bühne and Diskothek venues. This free, inclusive service is used by an average of about ten people per performance.

Each performance with audio description features a special pre-show program, which typically includes a tactile stage tour, a play introduction accessible to the blind, and the opportunity to feel props and costumes. After receiving the receivers and headphones, audience members can also listen to a brief, pre-recorded introduction describing the set design and costumes before the performance begins; this introduction also introduces the cast through voice recordings. During the performance, professional narrators describe the action on stage live based on the audio script.


The following plays will presumably be presented with a live audio description:

• ALTBAU IN ZENTRALER LAGE

• WÜSTE

• ALICE HINTER DEN SPIEGELN

• DAS KALTE HERZ

• ARSEN UND SPITZENHÄUBCHEN

• BERNARDA ALBAS HAUS

• WOYZECK