ONLINE CONTENT

Online content has some huge in-built benefits for access, as well as a few challenges.

Streaming your content online allows people to experience your work from their own home. While it’s never the same as being in the theatre this can be a great benefit for people with mobility impairments, neurodivergent and autistic people, and people who experience chronic pain, among others.

If your event is being streamed online, or has an online streaming option, many of the same access provisions are available and appropriate. However, some adjustment will need to be made.

Auslan Interpreting: The Auslan interpreter in the theatre may not be enough to ensure that your streamed event can also be understood by Auslan users. The interpreter may be too small in the frame, or entirely out of frame if you have multiple camera angles.

Consider an extra camera for your Auslan interpreted performance, which is focused solely on the interpreter and is placed as an inset box (usually in the top right-hand corner) for the duration of the stream.