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How can we do more with audio description? How can it go further as a professional profile? What happens when it includes Indigenous voices? What creative approaches to AD can enrich the experience of AD users? Those are the questions our hosts seek to answer. Rebecca Singh and JJ Hunt, are joined from all over the world by describers Kat Germain, Alanah-Jay Harris, Elaine Lillian Joseph, and Nicola Owen who together have thousands of hours of audio description under their belts and then by accessible theatre maker Alex Bulmer. If there's a panel of guests qualified to tackle this topic, it's this one.

Host Rebecca Singh leads this conversation about the many evolving ways to interpret place in art and audio description as inspired by a better understanding of Indigenous artworks. Special guests and AD professionals Janis Mayers and Trina Moyan share with us their unique perspectives and important reminders.

In this episode, host Rebecca Singh talks about public art, what it looks like and how it fits into a city scape. Hear about the art selected for the festival this year and how Luminato is making the work accessible.

Host Christine Malec leads the conversation with co-hosts JJ Hunt and Rebecca Singh. In this episode they take a deep dive into Urban Parks and Public Squares. They get into how they are different and how they are used. 

Christine heads up this round-table discussion that takes a deep dive into the intricacies of audio description, both for live in-person productions or your favourite TV shows. If you've never heard of audio description before, (sometimes called "described video") this episode will be an amazing introduction to the world of AD. This episode features special guests Kim Kilpatrick, Amy Amantea, and Emily Maxwell, along with Radio LUMI hosts and Audio Describers JJ Hunt and Rebecca Singh.

Many shows at the 2024 Luminato Festival will be made with live audio description available:

Age is a Feeling: June 6 – 8 PM 
Dancer of the Year: June 7 – 7 PM 
Afrikan Party: June 9 – 2 PM 
Nathaniel Dett Chorale: June 11 – 8 PM 
HOME: June 14 – 8 PM 
360 Allstars: June 15 – 7 PM

To reserve audio description devices and/or request specific seating arrangements, contact Emily Maxwell at (437) 776-1569‬ or [email protected]. 

This episode serves as the grand opening for the 2024 season of Radio LUMI. Theo leads the conversation with our three other co-hosts, Christine, Rebecca, and JJ about what you can expect this year at the festival. Welcome to Radio LUMI 2024! 

In this episode, Emily Maxwell and Ali Hand join our host Christine to talk about the accessibility features we're offering this year.

Welcome to Radio LUMI Season 4. In this opening episode Indigenous educator Trina Moyan highlights the significance and importance of Land Acknowledgments. Learn about the Indigenous perspective of Land Acknowledgements, as well as how to give better, more thoughtful ones yourself. 

Ramya Amuthan sits down with Christine Malec and JJ Hunt to discuss audio storytelling and archives and Luminato 2023 prepares for Aalaapi, presented by Native Earth Performing Arts and Le Théâtre français de Toronto, in association with Luminato Festival Toronto. 

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 6: Archives as Storytelling,”  Dev travels to the future in an audio adaptation of a short documentary they created with Helen Lee with production assistance from the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto (LIFT).