A low-key trend in recent years, but one that's resulted in more than its fair share of interesting theatre, has been the idea of not just making shows accessible to audiences with disabilities, but also integrating these accessibility aids into the structure of the show itself.
Deafinitely went from a company that created sign-language shows to one aiming to make theatre that deaf and hearing people could enjoy equally together; while only a few months ago Graeae brought
The Solid Life of Sugar Water to London, with audio-description at every performance, and surtitles integrated into the projections. It's the latter show's technique, as well as its wincingly frank sex talk, that comes to mind in Johnny McKnight's
Wendy Hoose, in which Jake (James Young) answers a booty call on Tinder and goes to meet Laura (Amy Conachan) in her flat, where she's already in bed waiting for him.
