Audio description is a service provided for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Audio describers give live, verbal descriptions of actions, costumes, scenery, and other visual elements of a performance. This is done during gaps in the dialogue via a small earpiece, provided to patrons pre-show. The audio description begins 10 minutes prior to the performance and provides program details together with descriptions of costumes and stage settings. Patrons must book the service in advance and pick up a free FM headset on arrival.

EXXY
Audio description and tactile tour Thursday 15 January 8pm

Opera for the Dead 祭歌
Tactile tour Friday 16 January 6pm
Audio Described performance Friday 16 January 7pm

Mama Does Derby
Tactile tour Tuesday 20 January 6pm
Audio Described performance Tuesday 20 January 7pm

WAKE
Tactile tour Saturday 24 January 5pm
Audio Described performance Saturday 24 January 6pm

LACRIMA 
Tactile tour Sunday 25 January 11am
Audio Described performance Sunday 25 January 12pm

The Bogong’s Song: A Call to Country (Pavilion)
Tactile tour Tuesday 20 January 12:30pm
Audio Described performance Tuesday 20 January 1:30pm

Post-Orientalist Express
Tactile tour Saturday 10 January 6pm
Audio Described performance Saturday 10 January 7pm

Tactile tours allow patrons who are blind or have low vision to have a hands-on experience. Depending on the production/installation, patrons are given access to costumes, props and stage set in order to capture the atmosphere of the work. Tactile tours occur before the performance. Patrons must book in advance.