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Hosted by Alice Gilmour · arts · EN-GB
Alice Gilmour interviews people who make the arts accessible, including audio describers, BSL interpreters, technology experts, disability experts, theatre managers, community outreach workers, and more.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAlice Gilmour interviews people who make the arts accessible, including audio describers, BSL interpreters, technology experts, disability experts, theatre managers, community outreach workers, and more.
Making The Arts Accessible is hosted by Alice Gilmour. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "14 - David Bellwood" (23 March 2026, 35 minutes), "13 - Tim Yates" (18 September 2025, 28 minutes), and "12 - James Bottrill" (18 July 2025, 62 minutes).
Making The Arts Accessible publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for Making The Arts Accessible is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Making The Arts Accessible requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Making The Arts Accessible's contact route on record: verified email.
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Alice Gilmour hosts Making The Arts Accessible, an arts podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Episode #14
<p>David Bellwood, who is head of access at the National Theatre, and before that The Globe, discusses the importance of 'predictable adaptability' - how organisations must become reliably able to change and adapt to...
Episode #13
<p>Tim Yates leads the Research and Innovation Programme at <b>Drake Music</b>, an organisation dedicated to helping musicians with disabilities discover or co-design instruments that work for them. Collaborating with...
Episode #12
<p>This is a detailed and comprehensive chat about the technology used in theatres for assistive listening and audio description. James has a huge amount of knowledge and experience in this area, and we look at all the...
Episode #11
<p>Paul Adams is currently Access Project Manager for The Royal Ballet and Opera in London and has been there just over a year. Before that he worked in Singapore, and has spent his career in creative learning...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode, recorded at Tom and Caroline's house, we have a great discussion about audio description. Tom is a general all-round arts-lover and has been blind all his life so has used audio description for many...
Episode #9
<p>Ben Wilson is an actor, theatre-maker, audio description consultant and recently became Extant's first trainee Artistic Director. We talk about how he combines these different roles, what it's like having a portfolio...
Episode #8
<p>In this episode, I'm talking to Emily Malen who is Front of House and Access Development Manager at Theatre Royal Nottingham and Royal Concert Hall. What she stresses is the importance of listening and learning from...
Episode #7
<p>I talk to Jonathan Suffolk, Director of Production at The Curve, Leicester who headed up the team at The National Theatre who developed their smart caption glasses. These augmented reality glasses provide captions...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode, I talk to Hannah Thompson, Professor of French and Critical Disability studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, who describes herself as partially blind and is an expert in audio description...
Episode #5
<p>In this conversation, I hear from actor Dan Parr about how he first got into audio describing whilst performing in Road at Leeds Playhouse, and how he and three other actors from that show have gone on to create...
Episode #4
<p>I talk to Jonathan Penny about audio description for TV. He worked at ITV and is now at Channel 4 heading up their access services. And we also cover a bit about live subtitles, and how TV companies are starting to...
Making The Arts Accessible
<p>In this trailer, I discuss why I made the podcast and what it's all about.</p><p><br/><br/>Thanks for listening! You can see all episodes on my website www.alicegilmour.com.</p>
Episode #2
<p>I chat to Philippa about her work with Talking Birds theatre company in Coventry and especially the invention of a mobile captioning system - The Difference Engine. With this system, people can get captions on their...
Episode #1
<p>In this episode, I talk to Vicky about her work as an audio describer, and an access champion, what she thinks of relaxed performances, and her work with Mind The Gap which champions access to creative careers for...
Episode #3
<p>My conversation with Paul who is a BSL interpreter, covered how he prepares to sign an opera, what more theatres can do to welcome D/deaf audiences, and a look back at some of the wonderful shows he has signed over...
Recent guests on Making The Arts Accessible. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Access Project Manager for The Royal Ballet and Opera in London, Lifespring Community Church
Co-head of North American Mergers & Acquisitions, State University of New York at Cortland
Professor of French and Critical Disability studies, Bourke Aboriginal Corporation Health Service
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