{"id":29694,"date":"2025-10-30T14:06:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/audio-description-training-advanced-level-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:58:44","slug":"audio-description-training-advanced-level-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/audio-description-training-advanced-level-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Description Training: Advanced Level 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;\u00dcbersicht und Ankerlinks&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advanced training course for working with classic audio description in theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Information \/\/\/ Content \/\/\/ Costs<br \/>Speakers \/\/\/ Accessibility \/\/\/ Travel<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Create accessible culture with classic audio description! In our basic training course, you learned the basics of audio description step by step and wrote your first descriptions for blind and visually impaired people.<br \/>The advanced training course offers you the opportunity to work as a team of sighted, blind or visually impaired people to create a complete audio description for your own ongoing theatre production and bring it to the AD premiere. You will be accompanied throughout by instructors with many years of experience in audio description.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Important: To attend the advanced training course, you must have already successfully completed the basic training course.<br \/>All information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.eventbrite.de\/e\/1708739970249?aff=oddtdtcreator%20&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;To Register&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Button: Zur Anmeldung&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Infos Aufbau&#8221; module_id=&#8221;infos&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information<\/strong><br \/><strong>Target group:<\/strong> Teams of three, consisting of one blind or visually impaired person and two sighted persons<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Participation requirements:<\/strong> Participation in the advanced training course is only possible as a team and only after prior participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/\">basic training course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Matthias Huber<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope:<\/strong> 3-day intensive training plus editorial support during the writing process, live testing and correction of the audio description on site, feedback after the AD premiere<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> By individual arrangement from June 2026 to December 2026<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> 3-day intensive training course at the respective venue or in the Un-Label studio, editorial support online, live testing at the performance venue.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> German spoken language<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Inhalt Aufbau&#8221; module_id=&#8221;inhalt-aufbau&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong><br \/>Create your own complete audio description of a theatre production! In this advanced training course, you will deepen your knowledge by working on a production-related project and implementing a complete audio description project under the guidance of instructor Matthias Huber. Working together as a team consisting of one blind or visually impaired author and two sighted authors, you will create and narrate an audio description for a theatre production (max. length: 2 hours) step by step. During a three-day intensive training course, you will lay the textual foundations for this, which will be finalised under the editorial supervision of the instructor and tested and finalised live on site before the AD premiere.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At the end of this training course, your production will be equipped with a finished audio description, and you will be able to create audio descriptions independently as part of a team, as well as design and implement all the associated components. As the content is tailored to the respective production, the schedule will be determined individually for each group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><br \/>A maximum of three productions can be supported in total.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Kosten Aufbau&#8221; module_id=&#8221;kosten-aufbau&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Costs<\/strong><br \/><strong>Contribution towards the costs of advanced training:<\/strong><br \/>For 1 team (2 sighted + 1 blind\/visually impaired person):<br \/>\u20ac540 + advance booking fee (e.g. students, freelance artists)<br \/>\u20ac890 + advance booking fee (e.g. employees of independent ensembles)<br \/>\u20ac1.220 + advance booking discount (e.g. employees of large cultural institutions)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contribution towards costs for basic and advanced training together*:<\/strong><br \/>For 1 team (2 sighted + 1 blind\/visually impaired person) according to self-assessment:<br \/>\u20ac870 + advance booking discount (e.g. students, freelance artists)<br \/>\u20ac1.440 + advance booking fee (e.g. employees of independent ensembles)<br \/>\u20ac1.950 + advance booking fee (e.g. employees of large cultural institutions)<br \/><em>*The prices quoted apply to immediate registration for basic and advanced training together. If you register for advanced training at a later date, the price increases by 20%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At the end, you will not only receive confirmation of your qualification, but also a finished audio description for your own production. By the way: if you commission a classic audio description, it usually costs between \u20ac4,000 and \u20ac9,000.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.eventbrite.de\/e\/1708739970249?aff=oddtdtcreator%20&#8243; button_text=&#8221;To Register&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Button: Hier geht es zur Anmeldung&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/project\/further-education-and-training\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Here you&apos;ll find our further education programme&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Button: Hier geht es zu weiteren Fortbildungen&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Referent*innen&#8221; module_id=&#8221;referent&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Speaker<br \/>Matthias Huber<br \/>Matthias Huber, who is sighted, is a freelance director, dramaturge and author of audio descriptions. In 2013, he established an AD team at Schauspiel Leipzig and initiated a tactile guidance system at the theatre. Since 2018, he has been working throughout Germany for various theatres, festivals and theatre groups, always in a team of blind and sighted authors. In 2021, he was part of the disability-led performance \u2018(We don&#8217;t) [kehr]\u2019 by and with Jana Z\u00f6ll\/Steven Solbrig at Un-Label, and in 2023 he was editorially responsible for the accessibility pages of \u2018theater\u00fcbersetzen.de\u2019, a website of the International Theatre Institute, Centre Germany (ITI). Matthias Huber is a board member of the Association for the Promotion of Leipzig OFF Theatre (LOFFT) and a member of H\u00f6rfilm e.V., the association of German film describers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;19802&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Barrierefreiheit&#8221; module_id=&#8221;barrierefreiheit&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility<\/strong><br \/>All event rooms are wheelchair accessible. Assistance dogs are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If required, we can provide work assistance or mobility assistance on site. Please be sure to indicate this when registering.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Weitere Informationen&#8221; module_id=&#8221;anreise&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information<\/strong><br \/>Address: Un-Label Studio | Hosterstr. 1-5 | 50825 Cologne-Neuehrenfeld<br \/>The Lenauplatz stop (barrier-free) on KVB line 5 (Dom \/ Hbf \u2013 Ossendorf) is located in the immediate vicinity of the building at Hosterstra\u00dfe 1-5.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvb.koeln\/en\">Departure times (KVB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>For questions and further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Charlott Dahmen <br \/>beratung@un-label.eu<br \/>Tel. +49 (221) \u2013 5501544<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>The continuing education and training programme is made possible by the <a href=\"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/project\/access-maker-innovationshub\/\">Access Maker \u2013 Innovationshub project.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Fotocredits: 1) \u00a9Michael Bause; 2) \u00a9Lucy Ella Photography<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.eventbrite.de\/e\/1708739970249?aff=oddtdtcreator%20&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;To Register&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Button: Hier geht es zur Anmeldung&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/project\/further-education-and-training\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Here you&apos;ll find our further education programme&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Button: Hier geht es zu weiteren Fortbildungen&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u2013 from the scripts to the premiere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":25336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26,63,82,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news-en","category-news-en","category-studio-news-en","category-qualifizierung-beraterinnen-en","category-fortbildung-vergangen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29694"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31892,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29694\/revisions\/31892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}