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‘Let’s Go Out’
February 2017
25th Edition
‘Let’s Go Out’ is a regular newsletter to inform people
with sight loss about accessible activities and events
happening around London.Acknowledgement: We are grateful to service users, the Vocaleyes website www.vocaleyes.co.uk and Metroblindsport.org for their postings and related text.
Welcome…..
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To the February issue of the newsletter which highlights
cultural events and activities available this month –
some are designed particularly to enable access for
people with sight loss – while all of them will be
accessible with a volunteer guide.
This is just a selection of what is available in and around
London.
Please note that Let’s Go Out is for information only and
we have no control over the sale and allocation of
tickets. All ticketing enquiries should be made to the
venue concerned.
Please remember that you can also arrange Link Ups
with volunteers for other events that take your fancy.
Simply call 07805 807181 and someone will get back to
you. (We have to reserve the right to decide if events
are unsuitable for a Link Up volunteer, but this is very
rare).
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Update on the Link Up ServiceThe Link Up Service has been designed to enable
people with sight loss to attend social and leisure
activities with the support of a volunteer. We appreciate
that there were many inconsistencies with this service in
2016 and we apologise for any confusion or disruption
you may have experienced.
2017 brings new and exciting times for our volunteering
programmes with a strong focus on developing
volunteering programmes to better meet the needs of
people with sight loss. We need your input to help us
shape the services we offer and ensure we are
recruiting the most appropriate volunteers to support
you. We shall be inviting you to attend a focus group so
that you can inform the future of the volunteering
services we offer.
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Staff UpdateWe are pleased to welcome a new member of staff to
the Volunteering Team.
Leila Pearce (Volunteer Development Coordinator) will
be looking after the Link Up Service from the 1st
February 2017. Leila will be happy to receive your Link
Up requests and work with you to develop the service.
You can contact Leila on 07805 807181 or at:
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THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST EVENTS
Volunteering Focus Group – Link UpCome and meet the new Volunteering Team and help to shape future volunteering services for people with sight loss. Join us for lunch and share your views, opinions and ideas on how we can improve services for you.
When: Friday 17th February 2017
Time: 12pm – 3.30pm
Where: The Pocklington Hub, Entrance D Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9LG
We shall be catering this event so please RSVP to Kirsty Palmer at: [email protected] or call 07964 534 681. Please advise of any dietary requirements and let us know if you need somebody to meet you at Euston Station.
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GALLERIES
National Gallery
Art through wordsEach last Saturday in the month except for December
the National Gallery holds Art Through Words, a free
description session for blind and partially sighted people.
Next session: Veronese: Family of Darius before Alexander Meet at the Sainsbury Wing Information Desk just before
11.30am and you will be taken to the room where the
session will be held. Visitors are given a detailed verbal
description of the painting after which the group will visit
the gallery to where the painting hangs.
Art Through Words is free but visitors are advised to
book in advance to guarantee a place.
Tel: 0207 747 2864
Email: [email protected]
Address: The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square,
London WC2N 5DN
Nearest tube: Leicester Square or Charing Cross
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Exhibitions
Fire! Fire !Museum of London
150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN
Nearest Tube: Barbican
Audio-described tour
Telephone: 020 7001 9844
Date: Friday 3 February 2017
Time: 6:00 pm
Ticket price: £8.00
350 years ago one of the most infamous disasters struck
London – the Great Fire of 1666. Experience the
destruction of London through the eyes of people who
were there at the time, explore the evidence for yourself
and find out how the city rose from the ashes in this
interactive exhibition.
Go back in time as you explore and engage with the
exhibition’s immersive displays…
Step into Pudding Lane and see what life was like for
ordinary Londoners in the 17th century
Walk into the bakery where the fire started and see how
the flames spread across the city
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Play archaeologist and identify real objects melted by
the flames. Hear the rarely-told personal stories of the
people affected by the disaster.
Try your hand at rebuilding the London that rose again
from the ashes.
First Port of Empire
Museum of London DocklandsNo1 Warehouse West India Quay London E14 4AL
Nearest Tube: West India Quay, DLR.
Audio-described tour
Tel: 020 7001 9844
Date: Wednesday 8 February 2017
Time: 2:00 pm
Ticket price: Free but must be booked.
The Thames in the nineteenth century
Discover when London was the hub of the world’s
largest empire
As British power and trade spread across the globe, so
the port of London grew and prospered. Wooden sailing
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ships gave way to iron steamers, and the docks became
the centre of world trade.
Visually impaired visitors can experience a 60-90 minute
audio described tour of the vessels on the Thames in
the nineteenth century in our First Port of Empire gallery.
Making Nature: How we see animalsThe question of how humans relate to other creatures
has captivated philosophers, anthropologists, ethicists
and artists for centuries.
Join Wellcome Collection’s knowledgeable Visitor
Experience Assistant Rob on an Audio Described tour of
‘Making Nature’. Rob has been trained in audio
description techniques by VocalEyes.
Wellcome Collection183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE and
Nearest Tube: Euston Road, also Euston Station and
buses 10, 18, 24, 253, 390.
Audio-described tourDate: Thursday 16 February 2017
Time: 6:00 pm
Ticket price: Free, booking essential
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Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7611 2222
THEATRE
Art
Old Vic TheatreThe Cut London SE1 8NB, nearest tube Waterloo.
Audio-described performanceDrama and comedyTheatreTouch tour
Date: Monday 6 February 2017 Time: 7:30 pm Ticket price: £21
Touch Tour: 6pm
Audio described in-house
Director Matthew Warchus reunites the entire original creative team to revisit Yasmina Reza’s dazzling study of friendship, prejudice and tolerance.
Please note this is an audio described performance at a venue which was part of the See a Voice project. Every effort has been made to ensure that these details are
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correct; however, please do double check with the theatre for the availability of introductory notes and touch tours when booking.
Box Office 0844 871 7628
All The Angels
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse21 New Globe Walk, London SE1 9DT; Nearest Tube Southwark (Jubilee)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre Touch tour.
Date: Monday 6 February 2017 Touch tour 6 pm Ticket price: £16 - £24 (Reduced from £32 - £48).
Audio described by VocalEyes
In a Chester pub, a ragtag group of singers is the unlikely first company to perform Handel’s Messiah to a crowd of unappreciative drinkers. So begins the journey of the world’s most popular and acclaimed choral work – a journey full of seemingly insurmountable challenges facing the composer at every turn.
Postal address: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre21 New Globe Walk, Bankside SE1 9DT
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Email:[email protected]
Download the form entitled Access Scheme Application Form
Box Office 020 7902 1409
The Pirates of Penzance
Audio introduction Opera
Date: Thursday 9 February 2017
Time: 7:30 pm
An audio introduction is available 15 minutes before the start of each performance. More information on the ENO venue page.
Let’s get this straight. The pirates, who take pity on orphans, are really peers of the realm. The 21-year-old, who has sworn to put them behind bars, is really only five. And the policemen, whose lot is not a happy one, are really, really hopeless at foiling felons…
A swashbuckling farce of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of
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Penzance makes for the perfect night out. Chock-full of memorable melodies, it includes the famous tongue-twisting patter song from the Major-General and the cowardly Police Sergeant’s ‘When a felon’s not engaged in his employment’.
For the first revival of this smash-hit production from renowned filmmaker Mike Leigh, ENO favourite Andrew Shore returns to sing the role of the army general alongside John Tomlinson as the Sergeant of Police. ENO Harewood Artists David Webb and Soraya Mafi sing the roles of the young lovers, Frederic and Mabel, and Gareth Jones conducts.
Booking information on the ENO website.
Box Office 0207 845 9300
Escaped AloneRoyal Court Theatre
Sloane Square Chelsea London SW1W 8AS
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
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Date: Saturday 11 February 2017
Time: 3:30 pm
Ticket price: £15 (reduced from £16 - £38)
Touch Tour: 2pm
Audio described by VocalEyes
“I’m walking down the street and there’s a door in the fence open and inside
there are three women I’ve seen before.”
Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the back yard. Tea and catastrophe.
Caryl Churchill returns to the Royal Court with this new play directed by James Macdonald
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 020 7565 5000
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The National Theatre….
aims 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 them know if you’re coming to the tour on your own and they will 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, they can arrange for your guide dog to be looked after.
If you’d like to join a tour, please make a reservation in advance by phoning 020 7452 3000.
Us / Them on Sat 18 February at 2.30pm with a Touch Tour at 1pm
My Country on Saturday 11 March 2pm
Lost without Words on Thursday 16 March 6pm
Amadeus on Friday 17 March at 7.30pm and Saturday 18 March at 2pm
Twelfth Night on Friday 24 March at 7.30pm and Saturday 25 March at 2pm
Ugly Lies the Bone on Friday 31 March at 7.30pm and Saturday 1 April 2.15pm
Consent Friday 28 April at 7.30pm and Saturday 29 April at 2.30pm
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The Winter’s Tale
Audio introduction Opera
Date: Monday 27 February 2017
Time: 7:30 pm
An audio introduction is available 15 minutes before the
start of each performance.
Many years ago, in the grip of a jealous rage, King
Leontes caused the death of his loyal wife Hermione
and their young son. All seemed lost for him. But now,
as spring blossoms, Leontes stands repentant before a
statue of his queen, praying for a miracle of redemption.
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A world premiere from ENO’s composer-in-residence
Ryan Wigglesworth, The Winter‘s Tale a compelling new
interpretation of Shakespeare’s tale of love, loss and
reconciliation.
This new work will be directed by Olivier Award-winning
actor Rory Kinnear, who brings his considerable
Shakespearean experience (the National Theatre’s
Hamlet and Iago) to the production.
The stellar cast includes three international singers
whose careers were nurtured by ENO: Iain Paterson,
Sophie Bevan and Leigh Melrose. They are joined by
former ENO Harewood Artist Anthony Gregory and
company favourite mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley. Ryan
Wigglesworth also conducts.
Booking information : www.eno.org/whats-on/the-
winters-tale/.
Tel 020 7845 9300
Saint JoanDonmar Warehouse
17
41 Earlham StreetLondonWC2H 9LX
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Audio described Theatre and Touch Tour Date: Saturday 11 February 2017 Time: 2:30 pm Ticket price: £20 (Reduced from £40)
Touch Tour: 1.30pm
Audio described by VocalEyes
Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman.
Josie Rourke directs Gemma Arterton as Joan of Arc in Bernard Shaw’s electrifying classic.
020 7845 8573Email:access@donmarwarehouse
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SPORT
London Walks. Run-walks every morning afternoon and evening.
Each walk is guided with a tour guide. They last 2 hours and start and finish at a tube station.
The full cost is £10 but sighted guides go free. The advantage is that booking for each walk is not required you can just turn up.
Website: www.walks.com
Telephone: 020 76243978
Email: [email protected]
GREAT RUN LOCAL - QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC
PARK VI TASTER SESSIONS
ENGLAND ATHLETICS AND THE WEST HAM
FOUNDATION.
On the last Sunday of every month there are taster
sessions at 09:00 for people who are blind or visually
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impaired. Guide runners will be available to support
participants to walk, jog or run the 2km or 5km.
Session Details:
When: Sunday morning 09.30
Where: The Podium Bar and Kitchen, E20 2AD
Extras: Complete your 6th run and receive a free water
bottle. Complete your 20th run for a free t-shirt.
A Meet and Greet is also available from Stratford
Station.
For further information and to book contact Darryl
Gheerawo
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0780 3201299
WANDSWORTH – SWIMMING & FOOTBALL
SWIMMING
Do you want to go swimming with your child in a
disability friendly environment? This brand new scheme
enables your family to go swimming in a friendly,
comfortable and controlled environment. These sessions
aimed at those with a disabled child in the family. All
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impairment groups are encouraged to attend!
Session Details:
When: Every Sunday
Time: 14:00-15:00
Cost: £100 for 10 sessions
Where: Aspire Centre, Southfields, SW18 5JU
DISABILITY FOOTBALL
Brand NEW disability Football sessions led by
experienced coaches from AFC Wimbledon to ensure
your child has fun, learns some new skills and gets
active! Open for children between the ages of 8-15
years. All disabilities welcome.
Session Details:
When: Every Sunday
Time: 13:30 14:30
Where: The Aspire Centre, SW18 5JU
Cost: £3.00 per session
To book any of these sessions or for more information
contact Matt Doherty Phone: 0208 871 6857
Email: [email protected].
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Sunshine International Arts
2017: Exciting Times Ahead
S. I. A. welcomes 2017 with open arms:
from April will be relaunching C.A.F.E
'Carnival Arts For Everyone' to mark the
beginning of our Spring/Summer
programme, including Mas Camp,
Sewing and Craft Cafe and our Bi-weekly
Kids Activities.
25th April - Save the date!
A week of special activities
to celebrate C.A.F.E's 5th Birthday from 25th April.
More details coming soon!
Telephone: 020 7374828
Address: 209a Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London
SW9 8RU
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sunshineiarts.co.uk
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