It’s a visual spectacular, but that did not stop 300 blind and partially-sighted children enjoying the delights of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The Royal National Institute for the Blind brought the youngsters to a special performance of the CS Lewis classic being staged at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.

The children met and interacted with the characters from the magical world of Narnia, including the White Witch, Aslan the lion, Mr and Mrs Beaver and the four evacuated children – all of whom were in full costume.

They then experienced the wonder of the production. On a special headset provided by FT Audio Visual they listened to a live narration of the stunning set and all the action on stage.

The show runs until February 2. Call 0113 213 7700 for tickets or go online at www.wyp.org.uk.

[Hear the Article at the Yorkshire Evening Post website]

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Nearly a decade ago, Paul Weingartner began a journey that eventually would lead him and the Assemblies of God Center for the Blind to Narnia.

After years of waiting and wanting to produce a Braille version of C.S. Lewis’ classic, The Chronicles of Narnia, with tactile pictures, Weingartner and the CftB are close to completing the voyage.

The CftB version of Narnia is not actually the first time the works have been transcribed into Braille, but it is distinct in at least two other ways.

First, a tactile picture accompanies each chapter, and allows Blind readers to “see” what Lewis describes. Then, the CftB intends to never again let the work be “out of print,” unlike the other Braille translations in existence.

The process to produce one edition is no simple task for the CftB. In all, one book in the series takes approximately 15 weeks to complete.

Twelve weeks are devoted to preparing the normal print book for transcription, a process which includes manually keying in the entire text and then the proofreading process. Then, it takes three weeks to convert each picture into a tactile graphic.

[Read the rest at AG.org]

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