Sightless Cinema returns to Riverbank
An evening of audio stories will be held in the Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge on Tuesday, 28 October, under the Sightless Cinema initiative. Dog’s Life offers audiences a highly entertaining night of thrillers, comedies, horrors and true stories in surround-sound audio.
The show is a feast for the imagination because all the pictures are in your head, with optional blindfolds provided to heighten audience members' experience!
Stories include Open Fire, a comedy set during an electricity black-out after a storm; The Devil’s Sliotar, a fun folk-horror about a village desperate to lift a terrible curse; Look Who’s Barking about a litter of guide dog pups taking their final test course, and Dye Another Day where a woman going on a first date has a very bad hair day!
The plays are presented as a mix of recorded and live audio dramas, performed on stage by 22 members of the Sightless Cinema Network from three counties. In its eleventh successful year, Sightless Cinema is a collaborative arts project for people with sight loss who devise, produce and present audio theatre.
Director Ciarán Taylor has established a new group in Kildare this year, at Riverbank, creating new audio dramas together through weekly workshops for future productions. New members are very welcome to join. Contact Riverbank for details.
For a preview taste of the live experience, check out Are You Blind or What? — the IMRO award-winning radio documentary by Anne Marie Kelly. Or watch the RTE TV documentary, Sightless Cinema, with audio description and subtitles available.
Since 2015, Sightless Cinema has presented nine original shows at theatres across Leinster, Lighthouse Cinema, and IMC Cinemas. Director Ciarán Taylor says, “Audiences really love being immersed in the sounds of the stories, and have great fun with the variety of pieces.”
Sightless Cinema Kildare is funded by Kildare County Arts Office, Creative Ireland and Rethink Ireland and supported by Riverbank Arts Centre and Vision Ireland.
The show starts at 7pm. Tickets at €12/€10 are available from riverbank.ie or 045 448327.
