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  Music and the Deaf BBC Proms
Saturday 31st July 2010

The charity "Music and the Deaf" is delighted to be working with BBC Proms to provide the first ever signed Prom on Saturday July 31st 2010 at 7.30pm in the Royal Albert Hall.
The Prom is "Sondheim at 80" and celebrates the work of one of Broadway's greatest composers and lyricists, Stephen Sondheim.
The concert includes:
The Frogs Fanfare and Instructions to the Audience
Follies Overture, Broadway Baby, Too Many Mornings
Sunday in the Park with George Sunday in the Park with George, Move On
Into the Woods Agony, Children will listen
A Little Night Music Night Waltz (orchestral), Send... [read more]

 
  Music and the Deaf BBC Proms
Sunday 1st August 2010

The charity "Music and the Deaf" is delighted to be working with BBC Proms to provide the first ever signed Prom on Saturday July 31st 2010 at 7.30pm in the Royal Albert Hall.
The Prom is "Sondheim at 80" and celebrates the work of one of Broadway's greatest composers and lyricists, Stephen Sondheim.
The concert includes:
The Frogs Fanfare and Instructions to the Audience
Follies Overture, Broadway Baby, Too Many Mornings
Sunday in the Park with George Sunday in the Park with George, Move On
Into the Woods Agony, Children will listen
A Little Night Music Night Waltz (orchestral), Send... [read more]

 
  Theatre Interpreting Course
Friday 22nd October 2010

Theatre Interpreting Course
Musical Theatre Workshops
Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London W1
22-23 October 2010
Introduction to the course:
Over the last ten years, Theatresign has established a reputation for providing high-quality Sign
Language Interpreting to many of the long-running shows in London's West End. It is this regular
provision that makes Theatresign unique and able to give Theatre Interpreters opportunities that
do not exist in other parts of the country.
Introductory workshops took place in June 2009 (organised jointly with Signamic) which quickly
established that Theatresign is able to deliver high-quality training to meet the needs of
Interpreters... [read more]

 

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