Arts|Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen
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Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen
Some disabled people have spent a year devouring shows online, and they want continued access. Some theaters are promising to provide it, but fears persist.
Leanna Benjamin, a playwright, said she worries venues may drop the online ways of working that have flourished during the pandemic.Credit…Mary Turner for The New York Times
By Alex Marshall
May 21, 2021
LONDON — Before the pandemic hit Britain last year, Michelle Hedley could only go to her local theaters in the north of England if they happened to be doing a captioned performance.
That happened five times a year — at best, said Hedley, who is deaf.
But during the pandemic, suddenly, she could watch musicals all day and night if she wanted, as shuttered theaters worldwide put shows online, often with subtitles. “I started watching anything and everything simply because I could!” Hedley, 49, [...]
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