A Sightless Cinema audio comedy by White Cane Audio Theatre and Ciarán Taylor. Sound by Gerry Horan of Contact Studio

It's a cold November night in the early nineteen seventies. Denis is settling in for a few whiskeys, and a quiet night operating one of the last manual telephone exchanges, in the close-knit village of Ballymuck -somewhere near Drogheda.

‘Blow-in’ Tony needs an ambulance for his wife Sinéad who's gone into labour, but the axle is bust from the potholes, the GP is in a poker game, and the new Garda has everyone on edge. When an urgent call comes in from the Missions in Africa, Denis’ wires soon get crossed and the whole village gets caught up in the tangle.

Ballymuck Exchange is the latest audio play devised and recorded online by Sightless Cinema, Tallaght with director Ciarán Taylor. The group of blind and visually impaired participants have been creating audio events in Cinemas since 2015. Funded by South Dublin County Council, and supported by Contact Studio. Thanks to Rua Red and Civic Theatre Tallaght. For more information contact [email protected]

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A Sightless Cinema audio comedy by White Cane Audio Theatre and Ciarán Taylor. Sound by Gerry Horan of Contact Studio

It's a cold November night in the early nineteen seventies. Denis is settling in for a few whiskeys, and a quiet night operating one of the last manual telephone exchanges, in the close-knit village of Ballymuck -somewhere near Drogheda.

‘Blow-in’ Tony needs an ambulance for his wife Sinéad who's gone into labour, but the axle is bust from the potholes, the GP is in a poker game, and the new Garda has everyone on edge. When an urgent call comes in from the Missions in Africa, Denis’ wires soon get crossed and the whole village gets caught up in the tangle.

Ballymuck Exchange is the latest audio play devised and recorded online by Sightless Cinema, Tallaght with director Ciarán Taylor. The group of blind and visually impaired participants have been creating live audio events in Cinemas since 2015. Funded by South Dublin County Council, and supported by Contact Studio. Thanks to Rua Red and Civic Theatre Tallaght. For more information contact [email protected]

Link to Sightless cinema on YouTube.

Stream Sightless Cinema and White Cane Audio Theatre on Soundcloud 

A Sightless Cinema audio comedy by White Cane Audio Theatre and Ciarán Taylor. Sound by Gerry Horan of Contact Studio

It's a cold November night in the early nineteen seventies. Denis is settling in for a few whiskeys, and a quiet night operating one of the last manual telephone exchanges, in the close-knit village of Ballymuck -somewhere near Drogheda.

‘Blow-in’ Tony needs an ambulance for his wife Sinéad who's gone into labour, but the axle is bust from the potholes, the GP is in a poker game, and the new Garda has everyone on edge. When an urgent call comes in from the Missions in Africa, Denis’ wires soon get crossed and the whole village gets caught up in the tangle.

Ballymuck Exchange is the latest audio play devised and recorded online by Sightless Cinema, Tallaght with director Ciarán Taylor. The group of blind and visually impaired participants have been creating live audio events in Cinemas since 2015. Funded by South Dublin County Council, and supported by Contact Studio. Thanks to Rua Red and Civic Theatre Tallaght. For more information contact [email protected]

Link to Sightless cinema on YouTube. 

Stream Sightless Cinema and White Cane Audio Theatre on Soundcloud 

Interview with Sound Engineer Oran O'Neill on his work with RTÉ (Irish National broadcaster) conducted by Paul Norton (and other members of Sightless Cinema, Martin Kelly, Michael Lavin, and Eammonn O'Connor), in the context of their online audio recording and editing course with Sight and Sound Technology funded by Creative Ireland with South Dublin County Council Local Enterprise Office. The interview was recored online so apologies for some of the sound quality.

This special episode was edited by Sightless Cinema member Michael Lavin.

Many Thanks to Oran O'Neill and Stuart Lawler.

Sightless Cinema director Ciarán Taylor talks to Paul Norton about the project.

They are then joined by Michael Lavin to introduce their 2018 production 'Bag of Chips'.

Sightless Cinema is supported by South Dublin County Council, and Contact Studio.

Sound by Gerry Horan

White Cane Song by Tony MacDonald with Mathew Kelly.

'Bag of Chips' is by Paul Norton with Ciarán Taylor and White Cane Audio Theatre.