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Current residence: SONA – auditory VR
The inclusive team is working on the auditory virtual reality installation SONA – Explorations in Sonic VR from the perspective of blind people.
Residence: CRIPS Series Writers Room
As part of their residency, the CRIPS series team set up a writers’ room – a creative laboratory where they worked on developing and designing the dramedy series. Jan Kampmann (creative lead) and Leonard Grobien designed the laboratory and invited a fantastic artistic team to join them in shaping the creative process.
That was BOTIN!
With four sold-out performances, our production BOTIN – The Performative Archive for Unsent Messages was a huge success. Almost 100 messages that were never sent found their place within the walls of the Old Auction Hall: from angry letters and complaints to tender words of longing.
Advanced training in audio description: Fundamentals 2026
Starting March 2026: In this seven-day training course, you will receive a comprehensive introduction to creating classic audio descriptions for theatre. From the needs of blind and visually impaired people to cost and process planning to practical writing and speaking techniques. You will learn about all the building blocks and put them into practice yourself in exercises. By the end, you will be well prepared to develop your own audio description projects.
Audio Description Training: Advanced Level 2026
Deepen your knowledge in a three-day advanced training course: working together as a team and under professional guidance, you will create a complete audio description for a theatre production – from the scripts to the premiere.
Inclusive art impart – a look back at the Creative Laboratory 2025
Four days of exchange, artistic inspiration and joint research: in 2025, the creative laboratory ‘Inclusive Art Education’ brought together over 30 participants from all over Germany.
Upcoming residency: Dodzi Dougban – Fatherhood
In his research project ‘Fatherhood,’ Dodzi Dougban examines the perspective of deaf Black fathers after separation. Using an intersectional approach, he explores topics such as alienation, racism, and communication barriers, developing initial artistic ideas for a future solo performance combining dance, sign language poetry, and visual vernacular.
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Open Studio with [in]operabilities
As part of their residency at Un-Label in Cologne, the music theatre and performance collective [in]operabilities invites you to an open studio on Thursday, 9 October at 4 p.m. Interested visitors are welcome to attend.
What is it all about? [in]operabilities explores and experiments with different forms of ‘multisensory music-making’. Is music really only meant to be heard? How can music, audio description and sign language poetry be combined? And how can audio descriptions be made musical and sensual? At the open studio, they would like to present some of their current experiments and try them out with you!
Showing – SONA
1 November 2025: The auditory VR installation SONA is back at Un-Label Studio! And this time, you can experience it live for yourself. Book your free slot now for a tour of this impressive VR installation!