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The background image is a close up of the main image featured on this page. The background shows a green bus with lots of noise eminating from it being observed by a young person with a cochlear implant.
The image shows a young person wearing cochlear implant looking at a bus that has a massive sound systme on board. The text reads, Getting There. There are also logos of the partner organisations on the image: Toucan Theatre, Be Free Young Carers, Oxford Playhouse, Deafinitely Thatre and Arts Council England.

Getting There

Toucan Theatre, deafinitely theatre and Oxford Playhouse co-production.
Supported by Arts Council England.
Young Carer storylines co-created with Be Fee Young Carers, Oxford.
Originally supported by the egg, Theatre Royal Bath and BANES Carers Service.

Written by James Baldwin, Co-directed by James Baldwin and Kelsey Cherie Gordon
 

Cast: Amy Astley and Ciaran O’Breen
 

The production toured to secondary schools in Spring 2022.
 

Getting There centres around Charlie, a deaf young carer who juggles school and friends with care routines, medication, and financial responsibilities at home. This fast-paced and fun show looks at the challenges faced by Charlie and is presented in a journey of audience participation, sign language and karaoke, with action taking place and audience seated onboard a bus (supported by Oxford Bus Company). 
 

In collaboration with Deafinitely Theatre, the project worked with deaf and hard of hearing creatives (performers/interpreters/designers) to integrate BSL, captioning and accessible AV equipment into the show.

Getting There celebrates the young carers who live this reality daily, in a show that is full of fun, karaoke and balloons!

The project featured on BBC News and was discussed in the Houses of Parliament as part of the British Sign Language Bill (video below).

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