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5 September 2008

Aberdeen Cineworld: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Cineworld: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Odeon Wester Hailes: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Odeon Lothian Road: Cinema update.

Vue Cinemas: Cinema update -
Aberdeen, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Omni, Hamilton, Inverness, Livingston, Stirling.


29 August 2008

Aberdeen Cineworld: Cinema update.

Ayr Odeon: Cinema update.

East Kilbride Odeon: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Odeon Wester Hailes: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Odeon Lothian Road: Cinema update.

Kilmarnock Odeon: Cinema update.

Vue Cinemas: Cinema update -
Aberdeen, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Omni, Hamilton, Inverness, Livingston, Stirling.


22 August 2008

Dundee (Camperdown) Cineworld: Cinema update.

Dunfermline Odeon: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Filmhouse: Cinema update.

Glasgow Braehead Odeon: Cinema update.

Glasgow Film Theatre: Cinema update:

Glasgow Odeon Springfield Quay: Cinema update.


18 August 2008

Something Wicked This Way Comes.


16 August 2008

Falkirk Cineworld: Cinema update.

Glasgow Parkhead Cineworld: Cinema update.

Glasgow Renfrew Street Cineworld: Cinema update.


13 August 2008

Royal Lyceum Edinburgh 2008-2009 Season.


1 August 2008

Important News from the National Galleries of Scotland.

Stirling macrobert filmhouse update.


31 July 2008

Pitlochry Festival Theatre update - till 18 October (end of season).


17 July 2008

Edinburgh Filmhouse: Cinema update.

Edinburgh Filmhouse description facilities refurbished and back in action after fire.


12 July 2008

Glasgow Citizens Theatre update.


22 June 2008

Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre update.


21 June 2008

Dundee Rep Theatre updated.

Edinburgh Traverse updated.

Glasgow Kings Theatre updated.

Glasgow Theatre Royal updated.

Scottish Ballet update - Aberdeen, Glasgow and Inverness.

Scottish Opera update: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.


19 June 2008

Evita described at Edinburgh Playhouse 20 June.

Glasgow RSAMD Theatre update: Les Dialogues des Carmelites - Thursday 25 June.

Edinburgh Festival Theatres update.

Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

Scottish Opera update.

St Andrews Byre Theatre updated.


16 June 2008

Inverness Eden Court Theatre Cinema: Cinema update.


16 May 2008

Another Cineworld cinema offers audio description: Edinburgh Cineworld.

Please note you now have a local telephone number for East Kilbride Odeon - 01355 249622; please use it to check times and order headsets.


15 May 2008

Edinburgh Odeon Lothian Road: Cinema update.

Please note you now have a local telephone number for Edinburgh Odeon - 0131 221 1477; please use it to check times and order headsets.


2 May 2008

Another Cineworld cinema offers audio description: Aberdeen Cineworld.


18 April 2008

Three more Cineworld cinemas offer audio description: Dundee Camperdown, Falkirk and Glasgow Parkhead.


11 April 2008

Dundee Odeon: Cinema update.


3 April 2008

Glasgow Tron Theatre updated.

Imaginate Children's Festival Programme.


27 March 2008

Audio description comes to Stirling Vue Cinema.


9 March 2008

Inverness Eden Court Theatre Cinema now offering audio description:


4 January 2008

Joseph described at Edinburgh Playhouse 19 January.

Please note corrected telephone number


7 December 2007

Edinburgh Odeon Fort Kinnaird: Cinema update.


22 November 2007

National Galleries of Scotland:Events for the Visually Impaired.

Please note that places on these tours/workshops are very limited, so you should book as soon as possible.


7 September 2007

Perth Theatre updated.

Stirling macrobert Theatre updated.


6 September 2007

Royal Lyceum Edinburgh 2007-2008 Season.


5 September 2007

Gaiety Theatre, Ayr updated.

Cumbernauld Theatre update.


9 August 2007

New cinemas offering audio description:

Cinema update: Odeon Cinema, Dundee gets audio description, we think: check it out.

Cinema update: Odeon Cinema, Dunfermline gets audio description, we think: check it out.


1 August 2007

Cinema update: Odeon Cinema, East Kilbride gets audio description.


26 July 2007

Apologies: slight calendar adjustments for Edinburgh Filmhouse, Pitlochry for this week (senior moment).

Pitlochry Festival Theatre programme to end of season.


22 June 2007

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Netherbow Centre - TWO descriptions.

Please note there is a booking fee for telephone bookings at the Kings and Theatre Royal, Glasgow.


4 June 2007

National Museum of Scotland Update.


3 May 2007

VIP ON AIR is now Insight Radio! Check it out.


28 April 2007

Glasgow Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, and Museum of Transport added to Galleries page.


31 March 2007

Edinburgh International Festival programme published: FOUR descriptions.

International Children's Theatre Festival TWO descriptions at Edinburgh Traverse.

National Theatre of Scotland touring Black Watch and Futurology.


1 February 2007

Glasgow Tramway Theatre updated.


11 January 2007

Scottish Touring Theatres Consortium's Little Voice tour:

Brunton Theatre Musselburgh have asked that patrons request description at least a week in advance. I suspect this will apply to all venues.


4 January 2007

Scottish Touring Theatres Consortium makes audio description available to all venues on Little Voice tour.


29 November 2006

Edinburgh Theatre Workshop update.


9 November 2006

Scottish Ballet: Important information.


22 October 2006

Can't get to the Cinema? Audio-described DVDs and Videos updated.


13 October 2006

ERROR CORRECTION:

21st October is a Saturday, not a Friday, and Der Rosenkavalier is to be described on Saturday 21 October at the Theatre Royal Glasgow. not Friday as my Notes page erroneously showed. Sorry about that; shouldn't be possible to happen - the famous computer bug.


21 September 2006

Triple bill at the Edinburgh Traverse.


25 August 2006

Scottish Touring Theatres Consortium makes audio description available to all venues on Lion of Kabul tour.


11 August 2006

FREE ticket offer at the Fringe: Get Carter: See the news page.

Cinema update: East Kilbride Odeon has installed audio description; they are just sorting out some teething problems; watch this space.

Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe update.


1 August 2006

Musselburgh Brunton Theatre updated. NB Lion of Kabul by request only.

Edinburgh Netherbow Theatre updated.

Royal Lyceum Edinburgh season 2006-7.


9 July 2006

Birds of Paradise at Drumnadrochit.


4 June 2006

I have to apologise that for the rest of this month, for technical reasons, service will be interrupted in various ways: in particular, TV listings will not be available; please use Clive Mitchell's excellent, though London oriented, NRIB listings, and the Sky Television listings.

Regrettably, cinema listings are also likely to be interrupted; you might try phoning your local audio describing cinema - the ones shown in my listings, for up-to-date information. Sorry about that; normal service or better should be resumed in July.


13 May 2006

Birds of Paradise at North Edinburgh Arts.


4 May 2006

Birds of Paradise at the Tramway.

Find out about this innovative Glasgow theatre company from the News page.


14 March 2006

National Theatre of Scotland Programme.

NTS brings audio described theatre to venues all over Scotland, including some rarely if ever described.


14 January 2006

Pitlochry Festival Theatre Winter programme, Winter Words 2006 .

Not strictly audio description, but Pitlochry Festival Theatre Winter programme, Winter Words 2006 presents a distinctive style of literary event. Between Thursday 26th and Sunday 29th January, you can meet authors and be entertained by literary stars: more info on News page .


25 November 2005

New TV listings.
Clive Miller of the RNIB has produced new listings of ALL the Audio described programs you can get on a SKY digibox.

Beachbog now offers you this listing arranged in order of date and time, so that you can see all the programmes across the channels at any given time. Use this link to go to the link on the TV page.


29 August 2005

Football fixture lists updated, with Rangers Champions League first Group game, and CIS Cup Third Round.


5 August 2005

Welcome Aberdeen Belmont Cinema to these pages!


3 August 2005

Perth Theatre update.


9 June 2005

New Theatres link to RNIB.

The RNIB has created a special page for audio description in theatres; you will find
a link to the RNIB site on my Links page.


19 May 2005

Birds of Paradise in the Highlands and Islands.

Boldly going where no audio description has been before.
Note: the Regional Diary pages do not show all performances; choose All Scotland, or follow the link in the News page to the Birds of Paradise web site.


11 May 2005

Vanishing Point at the Tron.

Vue Cinemas provide audio description in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Hamilton, Inverness and Livingston.

Link to Vue Cinemas added to Links Page.


4 January 2005

Inverness Eden Court Theatre.


10 July 2004

TV listings updated;

For how or if you can receive Freeview see Coming to a TV aerial near you.

New supplier of Netgem Freeview box: T & T Consultancy.


21 November 2003

Edinburgh City Art Centre can make arrangements for VIPs.