Live audio descriptions for blind and visually impaired people

Audio description is a live description that blind and visually impaired guests hear on site during the concerts. The descriptions are received via headphones. The headphones are provided free of charge. Live audio description is available for the plays: »BÄ!« on February 3rd at 3 pm (tactile tour at 2:15 pm) and »POETRY AFFAIRS« on February 4th at 2:30 pm (tactile tour at 1:30 pm).

We will meet at the festival information stand in the entrance area of the Theaterhaus for the guided tour.
The contact person from the festival team is Anna Bakinovskaia. She can be contacted on 0160–5144090 and by email at anna.bakinovskaia@mdjstuttgart.de.

Tickets can be reserved by calling 0711–4020720 or sending an email to tickets@theaterhaus.com. When ordering tickets, please indicate that you would like to use the audio description.

The address of the Theaterhaus is: Siemensstraße 11 in 70469 Stuttgart. The Theaterhaus is easily accessible from the Pragsattel stop (U-Bahn 6, 13, 15) as well as from the Maybachstraße stop (U-Bahn 6, 13, 16). If you need support or a pick-up at the stops, please contact Anna Bakinovskaia on 0160–5144090 or by email at anna.bakinovskaia@mdjstuttgart.de.
You can also find a summary of all the information here: www.hoermal-audio.org/events

BÄ! is a musical theater for young audiences. The story is about shy Martin, who has many adventures in a time machine with his teddy bear Bä.
Poetry Affairs are performances created by five poets and five composers from ten different European countries working together with the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. They deal with the multifaceted relationships between language and music.

Image description: Tomke from HörMal Audio can be seen in the video. She explains the audio description during the festival. In between, various images are shown: of Tomke in a speech booth, of visitors with headphones and receivers as well as impressions of a tactile tour and the matching concert posters.