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Blindness on stage: 'Until disabled people can tell their own stories, we'll always be stereotypes' by Caroline Butterwick

From unreadable scripts to 'cripping up', a career in theatre with a visual impairment can be a challenge. Chloë Clarke and Douglas Walker share their successes and hopes for the future What is it like to navigate not only a stage but the entire theatre industry as a blind person? From the practicalities of performing to harmful preconceptions about the roles visually impaired actors can play " and how blindness i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AM on March 2, 2022

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