IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2023 accessible events

IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2023
21-30 July 2023

Access in the widest sense has always been at the heart of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival. Since 2010 it has been presenting work, much of it free or deliberately low cost, in unexpected places and spaces in the city and beyond.

This year's Festival, running until Sunday 30 July, has a series of accessible events including BSL and audio-described performances, VocalEyes Audio Described Guided Touch Tours, BSL Tours led by a Deaf Guide and a BSL Workshop which is free for d/Deaf audiences.

Festival Director, Monica Ferguson, says: "Milton Keynes is a modern city designed with accessibility in mind and we have always tried to embed that thinking in our Festival programming. Thanks to our inclusion partner, Milton Keynes Community Foundation, and support from the Syder Foundation we are extending our access initiatives across a range of events as well as presenting performances by d/Deaf and disabled artists."

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Two women create a pose, one woman uses a wheelchair and the other woman is held upside down alongside her

Children sit in a swing crafted to look like a plane at a festival outdoors

A woman and two children draw on a pavement with colourful chalk

A woman in a yellow t shirt and jeans stands at a pink stall as she takes mint tea leaves out of a glass jar

**Access Guides
**All information on the performances as well as an Easy Read Guide, a BSL Video Guide and a VocalEyes Audio Description Guide can be downloaded from the festival website. https://ifmiltonkeynes.org/your-visit/access-1.

Listings Information
VocalEyes Audio Described Guided Touch Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors
Friday 21 July,11.30am - 1pm
Tour starts: Festival Square (outside Door 18, centre:mk)
Tour ends: Middleton Hall, centre:mk
Tickets: Free but must be booked in advance 01908 280800 or email access@stables.org

VocalEyes Audio Described Guided Touch Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors
Saturday 22 July, 10.15am - 1.45pm
Tour starts: Fred Roche Gardens, 406 Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK8 2ND
Tour ends: Festival Central, Campbell Park
Tickets: Free but must be booked in advance 01908 280800 or email access@stables.org

BSL Tour led by Deaf Guide John Wilson
Saturday 22 July, 12.30 - 3pm
Tour starts: Fred Roche Gardens, 06 Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 2ND
Tour ends: Middleton Hall
Tickets: free but must be booked in advance 01908 280800 or email access@stables.org

BSL Interpretation of the World Premiere of Forever? performed by Chineke! Chamber Ensemble
Saturday 22 July, 8pm
The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU
Tickets: £25

BSL Workshop for The Promise by Handpicked Productions
Friday 28 July at 1.30pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, Campbell Park, MK9 3FT
Free for d/Deaf audiences but must be booked in advance in conjunction with tickets for a performance of The Promise on Sunday 30 July: 01908 280800 or email access@stables.org

Look Mum, No Hands! by Daryl & Co and Mimbre
Saturday 29 July, 12.30pm & 4pm & Sunday 30 July, 11am & 3pm
MK Rose, Campbell Park, Milton Keynes MK9 3FT
Free
Age 3+

VocalEyes Pre-Show Touch tour and Audio Description of Place Des Anges for Blind and Visually Impaired Audience
Saturday 29 July at 8.45pm (performance starts at 9.45pm)
Secklow Gate D3 Car Park, Milton Keynes, MK9 3NE (next to The Point)
Booking: https://ifmiltonkeynes.org/
Tickets: The touch tour is a free event but must be booked in advance: 01908 280800 or email access@stables.org
Show: £6

BSL interpretation of The Promise by Handpicked Productions
Sunday 30 July at 1pm and 4pm
Great Linford Manor Park Canalside, Great Linford, Milton Keynes MK14 5DZ
£5
Age: 6+

BSL interpretation of Deva by Pagrav Dance
Sunday 30 July at 12.30pm and 4.30pm
Milton Keynes Rose, Campbell Park, Milton Keynes MK9 3FT
Free