Hi There,
My name is Sarah and I am the Box Office Operations and Projects Manager at the Old Vic Theatre London. We would really love to add to our current Access offering by adding BSL performances to our programming.
If this is an offering you have provided successfully and I was wondering if I could pick your brain. We would ideally like to know...
Why did you make the decision to offer BSL performances in addition to Captioned?
Did you face any challenges in setting up your first BSL performances?
Do you offer integrated BSL performances? What additional challenges might we consider if we decide to introduce them?
If you don’t mind sharing the information, how much does it cost you to deliver a BSL performance?
Has introducing BSL alongside your other Access Performances brought a new audience to the theatre, or are you finding that some of your Captioned users have switched to booking for the BSL Performance instead?
It would be great if you can help in anyway and I hope to hear from you soon
Best wishes,
Sarah
Hi Sarah!
We've done some ASL-interpreted performances at the Young Centre-- my colleague Karen (who is the Patron Services Manager) could probably speak to it a bit better than me. Katherine Beaulieu (now with the Toronto Symphony) was instrumental with this, and would be a great resource too.
Karen: https://community.tessituranetwork.com/members/karenturner1259
Katherine: https://community.tessituranetwork.com/members/katherinebeaulieu9532