ALT Graphic with the AD Awards Gala logo in green on a white background. The logo has the letters A and D, which are connected to form a seamless transition. At the top of the graphic is the text "2023 Audio Description Awards Gala, November 14, 7:30PM ET, brought to you by the American Council of the Blind." At the bottom of the graphic is the AD Awards Gala website link: www.AdAwardsGala.org.

ALT Text, which reads: Extant are looking for some London-based blind/VI actors to play roles on our new audio drama ‘Unseen’. Role 1. South Asian woman, any age Role 2. South Asian woman, any age Role 3. Man, any ethnicity, any age Role 4. South Asian child, any gender, any age Role 5. Female role, any age, Global Majority Role 6. Child or Young Person, any age or gender, Global Majority All actors need availability between Wed 17 Jan – Fri 19 Jan. All roles will be paid at £150 per day or hourly equivalent rate. If you would like to apply, please record yourself performing both of the short scenes on the attached document, and send them back to me along with a brief cover letter about your acting experience. You can either email this to me on [email protected] or if you would find it easier to send via WhatsApp, please let me know. Please send your recordings and cover letter by Sunday 7 January. We will let you know if you have the role by end of day on Monday 8 January.

ALT An extract of scene one, which reads: Scene One This is my gate, I always know its mine because it’s got one little tactile sticker underneath here. Here’s the front door, there’s a pull down handle and a Yale lock above. On my right is an umbrella stand and my cane goes straight in there. And then it’s like that feeling of when you take your bra Off at the end of the day just ahh…. because being out in the world can be exhausting but coming home and not feeling blind anymore is (sigh). I go through to the kitchen and stick the kettle on, then I know I’ve got a couple of minutes to fly upstairs grab my slippers and fly back down again. Not having to think about stairs. Up and down. Up and down. Everything has its place in my kitchen, so I get a tea bag from the box next to the kettle, and reach for a mug from the shelf above. Half a teaspoon of sugar from the bowl on the right and then I throw myself on the sofa and relax.

ALT An extract of scene two, which reads: Scene Two He's at it again. Coming in my face, closer and closer. Heavy breathing, the stink of cigarette smoke. Quiet. But he hasn’t gone. He’s still there. Waiting. Then, flying through the air, little shards of glass. My favourite blue venetian vase. Our breathing. In out, fast, slow. Panicked, in control Opposites. Breathing is life, but I have no life. He's sucked it out of me like a balloon, flat, stifled. All thoughts stamped out, no energy to run.

ALT A group of people wearing eclipse glasses and looking toward the sky.

ALT A collection of artwork created by 19th Century landscape artists, such as Camille Corot and Eugène Boudin.

ALT A collection of artwork created by 19th Century landscape artists, such as Camille Corot and Eugène Boudin.

ALT A collection of artwork created by 19th Century landscape artists, such as Camille Corot and Eugène Boudin.