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Theatre through blind eyes

What is it like to go the theatre if you can't see anything? After years of whispering and wondering, a blind musicals-lover has found a better way.

13 Aug 2013

Maribel Steel

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Performing Arts

What is it like to go the theatre if you can’t see anything? Surprisingly evocative with a little bit of help.

Sighted theatre-goers often ask me what’s the point of going to a live show if you’re blind or vision-impaired and have no hope of seeing anything?

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Maribel Steel

About the Author

Maribel Steel is an author, About.com freelance writer and speaker based in Melbourne. She is legally blind and one of the 2015 nominees for the Brenda Gabe Leadership Award (Women with Disability, Victoria). Maribel is a peer advisor and International correspondent for VisionAware with dozens of short stories and essays published locally and overseas on the ART of being blind.