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Sydney’s iconic Belvoir St Theatre announces 2012 accessible performances

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One of Australia’s most enduring theatre companies, Belvoir, has announced audio described and captioned performances for 2012.

In working to ensure all its visitors have the same experience, Belvoir St Theatre will produce a number of accessible performances for next year’s season and has a priority booking service in place for these tickets.


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Access All Areas Film Festival launches 2011 program

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The annual Access All Areas Film Festival commences its accessible movie screenings this month with three tour programs designed to attract a range of movie fans.

The Access All Areas Film Festival, which showcases Australian feature and short films, tours across NSW with a gala performance on the International Day for People with a Disability. The three tour programs are highlighted below.

The Cinema Tour

The Cinema Tour will visit Riverside Theatres at Parramatta and the Dendy Opera Quays, Sydney in early December. 


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Australian cinema loses an accessible cinema pioneer

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The staff at Media Access Australia were saddened to learn today of the death of Mark Sarfaty, the CEO of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA).

Mark was intrinsic to the introduction of accessible cinema in independent cinemas nationally and paved the way for the introduction of audio described cinema across all cinema chains.

Mark was passionate about cinema and this showed through in his leadership of ICAA and in his negotiating skills to move accessible cinema forward in Australia.

He will be greatly missed.


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NZ's most loved drama made accessible for blind and vision impaired fans

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The most watched drama on New Zealand television will be audio described from next week. The announcement shows just how far ahead our neighbours are in achieving television access for people who are blind and vision impaired.

The home grown drama, Shortland Street, which airs with audio description from Monday 31 October, attracted an audience of 834,200, out-rating all other channels in its time zone.

"Shortland Street is the number one drama on television. Audiences can't get enough right now," said Jeff Latch, head of NZ channels TV ONE and TV2.


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