Seeing the unseen

An exploration of sight, story imagination, dreaming and memory…

“I was spellbound”  Stories-by-phone audience

“Knowing he was actually there – actually telling us a story right then – it made all the difference”  Stories-by-phone audience

Through workshops, conversations, performances, experiments, and working with individuals with lived-experience of sight-loss, we’ve been exploring the relationship between words, story, memory and the imagination. We wanted to know how the imagination operates when your ability to see is impaired, is lost, or has simply never existed. We’ve been building access to our events for audiences with sight-loss, and helping our artists become fleet-of-foot, when adapting their work for visually impaired audiences.

The cherry on the cake of this project are our Stories-in-the-Dark shows –  performances of stories which use absolute darkness as a place of parity for all audiences regardless of their state of sight.

stories in the dark 2025

Stories in the Dark is touring this autumn, in partnerships with some exceptional and fabulously bold libraries. Watch this space for dates and places….

Arts Council England
Crick Crack Club