Saved specially for the season closer, Bobby & Jake welcome musical theatre writers Caitlyn Burt and Amir Shoenfeld to discuss the intersection between musical theatre and vision impairment, as well as the fascinating story of Otto Weidt. Amir & Caitlyn are the writing partnerships behind the accessible musical project "Otto Weidt's Brush & Broom Workshop for the Blind" starring Jake as Otto and featuring Bobby as musical director.

Otto Weidt Musical on Instagram @ootoweidtmusical

More on Otto Weidt himself

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@amir_shoenfeld

@caitlyn_burt_

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• VocalEyes - Audio Description Services
• Alex Bulmer - Director
• Ben Wilson - Theatre Maker & AD Consultant
• Karina Jones - Actor & Aerialist
• Ramps On The Moon
• "Writing The Other" by Nisi Shawl
• Dr. Yusuf Osman

Mild irritations

• Jake - AD not available across all screens or streaming platforms
• Bobby - when you ask a stranger to take a photo of you on holiday and they take hundreds of identical shots, leaving you to play a horrible game of spot the difference

Wins of the Week

• Bobby - being forced to become extremely familiar with material you're working on making you do your job better
• Jake - the introduction of VoiceOver into his life helping prepare more efficiently for meetings

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More about Bobby Goulder

More about Jake Sawyers

Bobby's condition - Stargardt Disease

Jake's condition - Norie Disease

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