FACILITIES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES Audio Description is a live commentary by trained describers, interspersed with the actors’ dialogue. There is also a ‘programme notes’ description, starting 15 minutes before the production, which helps to capture the atmosphere, costumes, characters and action before and during the course of a performance. Information about dates and times of Audio Described performances are listed on individual production pages on our website. TOUCH TOURS We aim to offer a touch tour for every audio-described production, usually before an audio-described matinee. It’s a chance to visit the set, feel the props, and enhance your enjoyment of the show. The tour is free and lasts about half an hour. Please let us know if you’re coming to the tour on your own and we’ll arrange for a member of staff to accompany you. Guide dogs are also welcome on set, subject to an advance assessment to ensure a safe environment. Alternatively, we can arrange for your guide dog to be looked after. If you wish to attend a touch tour, please email access@brooksidetheatre.com . HEARING ENHANCEMENTS We have an induction loop in our Auditorium, at the Kiosk and Box Office. To use this, please adjust your hearing aid to the T setting. GUIDE DOGS Assistance dogs are welcome in all spaces of the Brookside Theatre. Please let us know when booking so that we can arrange an aisle seat for you and tell you about any loud noises or special effects that might affect your dog’s comfort. Alternatively, you can leave your dog in the care of our front of house team. In the case of an emergency, if it is safe to do so, we will try to reunite a dog with its owner prior to evacuating the building. If this is not possible, volunteers will bring your dog to the appropriate assembly point.