Welcome to our audio described and tactile tour events page.

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Coming up:

1. 24 Sept-10 Nov: All the Rage photographic exhibition celebrating upcycled fashion and diversity, at Victorian Pride Centre, St. Kilda- audio descriptions were co-written and recorded by the Rawcus Ensemble and Vitae Veritas. I’m going to show my bias and say it is a delightful exhibition of art and AD.
2. 4 Oct between 12-4pm: Wasteworlds- Non-stop Runway, a towering textile wasteland turned fashion arena, for one day only! Dig through debris, pin together a post-apocalyptic power suit, or just sip a drink and enjoy the spectacle. No sewing or runway experience needed. All ages, bodies, and access needs welcome. The space is wheelchair accessible, open to mobility aids, non-verbal communication, and different energy levels. A live poet provides interactive audio description throughout the event, and artists are on hand to assist with making and support. Come and go as you need, there’s no wrong way to show up. Presented by Fast Fashun in collaboration with Snuff Puppets, at Abbotsford Convent- Magdalen Laundry, Abbotsford. 
3. 8-12 Oct, evenings: Olivia Muscat’s Is Anyone Even Watching? a joyous work of experimental theatre that challenges beauty standards, ableist stereotypes, and societal expectations- the most 2000s sleepover party ever, at Arts House, North Melbourne- tactile tour and audio description available all performances. 
4. 11 Oct, 7pm: Flesh Mirror by Weave Movement Theatre and Rebecca Jensen, blurring speculative fiction with personal narratives, enter a portal where doppelgangers slip through, biographies distort, and the everyday is transformed into something surreal, at Arts House, North Melbourne- tactile tour 6pm, audio described performance 7pm. 
5. 15-19 Oct, 6pm shows: Tattoo Show, a live art, truth and dare show hosted by the Rawcus Ensemble and a professional tattoo artist, at Fringe Hub, Trades Hall, Carlton- tactile tour and audio description available all performances.
6. 18 Oct, 1pm-3pm: First Trimester, explores human connection and parenthood, challenging expectations and redefining what it means to create a family as a transgender person. Join London artist Krishna Istha searching for the “perfect” sperm donor through intimate live interviews, at Arts House, North Melbourne. Tactile Tour and Audio Describer Guides available for this interactive theatre experience. 
7. 31 Oct, 6.30pm: Come Eat With Me, an intimate theatre performance where food, story, and community come together. Through Dalit stories of resilience, grief, joy, and resistance, you’re invited on a sensory journey that ends by sharing a meal with the artists and audience, at Arts House, North Melbourne. Describer Guides available for 5.30pm tactile tour and 6.30pm theatre and dinner experience. 
8. 15 Nov, 7.30pm: Guewel, experience a multi-sensory journey through ancient Senegalese cosmology. Seven years in the making, this immersive performance blends music, dance, spoken word, and ritual rhythms to explore life’s beginnings, endings, and our shared human experience. Designed for all senses, Guewel invites audiences to feel, hear, and connect deeply with its ancestral energy, at Arts House, North Melbourne. Tactile tour at 6.30pm, audio described performance 7.30pm. 
9. 19 Nov, 7pm-9pm: The Talented Mr. Ripley, from playwriting icon Joanna Murray-Smith comes this ravishing adaptation of the twentieth century’s most glamorous thriller, at Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne. Tactile tour at 6pm. 

Other links to news, opportunities, articles and online audio described works:

Audio described short films by Top Design 2024 students:

Puddles by Henry Qui

Don't Burn the Toast by Lucas A Taylor

Dysphoria by Sophie Price

Full playlist of all Top Design 2024 student works can be found here.

'Between Two Sites- Audio Described' winner of the Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards 2024

'Hacking the tips of our tongues', Vitae Veritas presentation at the Audio Description Symposium hosted by Curtin University

Audio described artworks of Our Place: 20 years of Town Hall Gallery online exhibition, Boroondara Arts

Design Fringe Tactile Tour 2023 review by Alan Bartlett, with accompanying photos and descriptions

Sublime Stim exhibition by neurodivergent artist Mishka. 

Between Two Sites exhibition by Bogong Centre for Sound Culture

Between Two Sites radio broadcast on Behind the Scenes Vision Australia radio

Power Up! by Fog Theatre, an Arts Wellbeing Collective Vitae Veritas project.

Other Power Up! audio, transcripts and feature articles can be found here.