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Carousel Hoyts announces switch-off date for open captioned movies

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Following on from yesterday’s announcement of Village Cinemas’ Jam Factory location in Melbourne ending its open captioned sessions, Hoyts Cinemas has announced that its Carousel complex in Perth will also screen its last open captioned and audio described movie on Sunday 23 November.

Hoyts Cinemas is part of the Cinema Access Implementation Plan which works toward the instalment of audio description and closed captioning devices such as CaptiView in major cinema chains nationally.


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Village Jam Factory announces switch-off date for open captioned movies

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South Yarra cinema Village Jam Factory has announced that its last open captioned session will be on Monday 14 November.

The Village Cinemas chain is part of the Cinema Access Implementation Plan, which includes the instalment of closed captioning devices such as CaptiView, as well as audio description equipment, in major cinema chains nationally.


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Sydney Festival provides captioned and audio described performances

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Sydney siders will have the chance to see open captioned and audio described performances as part of the annual Sydney Festival, held from 7-29 January.

Performances with audio description include Beautiful Burnout at the Seymour Centre, West Side Story at Sydney Opera House and Buried City at the Belvoir St Theatre. One session of each will be audio described via headsets for people who are blind or vision impaired.

Beautiful burnout and ‘Tis pity she’s a whore will be available with open captions for selected performances.


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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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