Arts Centre goes totally accessible
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PRINCE GEORGE – While the Community Arts Council has set out a lineup for its fall performances, it has added a new element, or two, to the events. The Council has made the decision to become one of the most accessible facilities in town.
“We bought a platform lift,” explains Reverend Dr. Bob Fillier, one of the minds behind converting the old Knox United Church into a Performance Arts Centre. “That means the artists can go on to the lift, or anyone who needs access to the stage, hit a button up and they go off onto the stage and vice versa. And it’s portable. So if we needed one side or the other or, in theory, if we wanted to take it somewhere else, we could also do that.”
But that’s not all. The group is planning to add some high-tech hearing assistance programs.
“The second stage is to add a hearing assist device, different than some of the other ones in town,” says Rev. Dr. Fillier. “Ours is going to be digital, so we’ll be able to do multiple channels. So if you want to hear something, say and just words but description of a play, then we’ll be able to do that on a different channel than what you hear from the stage.”
