Monday, 15 November 2021

The GNO presents accessible performances of The Magic Pillows

 

The two last performances of The Magic Pillows on 18 and 19 December 2021 will be fully accessible, in collaboration with the cultural organisation liminal, with the goal of offering an unhindered audiovisual experience of the show for all. This production, part of a tribute to the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org].

Production sponsor Hellenic Petroleum

 

More specifically, there will be seats for deaf / hard of hearing users of the Greek Sign Language, seats for deaf / hard of hearing users of intralingual surtitles, and seats for blind / visually impaired people who will be able to use the Audio Description Service (with or without a guide dog).

 

Accessibility services:

Greek captions for deaf and hard of hearing people

Simultaneous interpretation in Greek Sign Language

Live audio description for visually impaired people

 

Creative team:

SDH captioner: Kerasia Michalopoulou

Caption operator: Christos Papamichael

Caption software: supertitles.gr

Greek Sign Language interpretation: Androniki Xanthopoulou

Audio description script: Vanessa Kalpia, Kerasia Michalopoulou

Audio description narrator: Christos Thanos

Accessibility services: www.liminal.eu

 

The programme is curated by the Learning & Participation Department of the Greek National Opera

Audience members who want to use the accessibility services are kindly requested to purchase their tickets at the GNO Box Office, by phone at 2130885700 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

GNO Accessibility sponsor Alpha Bank