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In this episode of our Digital Culture Awards series, James talks to Flo O’Mahony and Amy Smith from Zoo Co – joint-winners of the Digital Inclusion category – about their production ‘Perfect Show for Rachel’.
Created with and for Flo’s sister Rachel, who is learning disabled, the show places Rachel at the heart of the creative process as live director. Using a custom-built desk with 50 tactile buttons, Rachel controls lighting, sound, video, and cast actions in real time.
Flo and Amy share how the project evolved from early improvisation and iPad experiments into a fully staged production with a cast of 13, live scribe, British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation, and a touring workshop model that empowers other learning disabled people to direct their own stories.
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Zoo Co were joint winners of the Digital Inclusion category in the 2025 Digital Culture Awards. The winners of this category were decided by a panel of experts, led by Tom Ryalls – Cultural Consultant, Strategist, Writer
Music by SHAR
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In this episode of our Digital Culture Awards series, James chats with Louisa Sanfey and Tam Gilbert from Extant, Digital Inclusion winners. Louisa and Tam share how their project 'Unseen' used digital storytelling, inclusive creative practices, and lived experience to raise awareness of domestic abuse in the visually impaired community.
Beginner Evaluation with learning disabled audiences and participants
This resource will take you through evaluation, feedback and data collection with learning disabled audiences and participants in creative and cultural organisations.
Beginner Digital Accessibility Innovation with 3D Holographic Technology – Access Perspectives
In this interview with Joe Strickland we take a look at the innovative work being done by DaDa with digital accessibility and 3D holographic technology.
