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Front Row: Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?

Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?

Daniel Mays in Guys and Dolls, making film and TV sets more accessible for performers.

Daniel Mays in an immersive Guys and Dolls, and the scheme to make the TV industry more open to deaf, disabled and neurodivergent cast and crew.

Daniel Mays talks to Samira Ahmed about starring as Nathan Detroit in a new immersive production of the musical Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre in south London.

Front Row investigates how accessible theatres and gig venues are, not just for audiences but for performers.  Reporter Carolyn Atkinson talks to a comedian and a DJ who have struggled with access and asks how venues should be addressing the problem. 

And actor Julie Fernandez and producer Sara Johnson discuss a new scheme to train access co-ordinators in film and television.  The scheme aims to make the industry more accessible for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent cast and crew. 

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Julian May

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