{"id":115456,"date":"2025-10-17T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/?post_type=bwm-events&#038;p=115456"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:14:43","slug":"touch-tour-and-audio-described-parade-by-vocaleyes","status":"publish","type":"bwm-events","link":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/event\/touch-tour-and-audio-described-parade-by-vocaleyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch Tour and Audio Described Parade by VocalEyes &#8211; Wanstead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Audio-described by VocalEyes&nbsp;<\/strong><br>We\u2019d like our exciting Festival of the Dead parade to be enjoyed by everyone, including blind and visually impaired audiences. We are pleased to be offering a Touch Tour and live Audio Description of the parades with <a href=\"https:\/\/vocaleyes.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VocalEyes<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is a Touch Tour? Touch Tours are for blind, visually impaired and SEN audiences to become familiar with the performance area, set, props and sounds used in the show. It is also an opportunity to ask any questions you may have that would help when watching the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanstead Touch Tour will take place from 4 pm-4:30 pm at Woodbine Centre and will include a visit to \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.griefseries.co.uk\/journey-with-absent-friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journey with Absent Friends<\/a>\u2019 installation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is Audio Description? <\/strong><br>Audio description (AD) is a verbal commentary that explains what is happening in theatre or TV, focusing on visual elements such as text on screen, characters\u2019 appearances, facial expressions, movements, or visual jokes. (VocalEyes)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accessibility note:<\/strong> There is a distance of approximately 100 metres which crosses a road from Woodbine Centre to Christchurch Green for the parade, we will travel as a group to a seated access area for the parade. A mix of tarmac and grassy surfaces.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst the Touch Tour may take place indoors, the parade is outdoors and so please dress warmly!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parade time: 5pm-5.45pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booking essential, places are limited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For children, adults and young people who are blind, visually impaired and\/or learning disabilities plus their carers\/grown-ups (one ticket= 1 headset)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact Sarah on <a href=\"mailto:culture@visionrcl.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">culture@visionrcl.org.uk<\/a> with questions or for more details.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/festivalofthedead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>This event is part of our<\/em> Festival of the Dead Programme &#8211; <em>click here to see what else is on!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":115457,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"event-audience":[2200,1874,1875,1876,1882],"event-type":[1884,1885],"event-location":[1893],"class_list":["post-115456","bwm-events","type-bwm-events","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-audience-16-plus","event-audience-adults","event-audience-children","event-audience-families","event-audience-teens","event-type-heritage-culture","event-type-libraries","event-location-wanstead"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwm-events\/115456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwm-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bwm-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115456"},{"taxonomy":"event-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-audience?post=115456"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=115456"},{"taxonomy":"event-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-location?post=115456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}