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Company Information
Extant Theatre Company, Oval House Theatre, London

Formed 1997

Artistic Director & CEO: Maria Oshodi

About
Extant is Britain's leading professional performing arts company of visually impaired people, led by Artistic Director and CEO Maria Oshodi. Based at Ovalhouse, London, Extant has become an innovation in arts management and creative practice, bringing a unique cultural perspective of visual impairment to broaden employment, training and consultancy through the arts.

Extant is the opposite of 'extinct'. Formed in 1997 Extant was the inspired name chosen by a group of professional visually impaired artists, for the emergence of a new dynamic space, intended to redress our invisibility as artists and explore new creative territories.

Extant are best known for producing and touring ground-breaking productions by visually impaired artists around the UK and internationally.

The Company's work is driven by innovation, fuelled by imaginative partnerships and committed to authenticity regarding visual impairment and access. In this way the company produces high quality, provocative and innovative performance with the express inclusion of visually impaired artists and audiences.

Current

 * ComBUStion, 2015 and ongoing
 * Flight Paths, ongoing

Productions

 * Show Real Miracles (2015)
 * I Dance (2014)
 * The Chairs (2014)
 * ZombieyeZ in Zagreb (2013)
 * Radio Play (2013)
 * Forum4Us (2012)
 * Sheer (2012)
 * Tandemonium (2010)
 * Obscurity (2009)
 * Effing and Blinding! Cabaret (2007 - 2009)
 * Weights (2005)
 * Resistance (2005)
 * Zeros and Nils (2002)

Interviews
Maria Oshodi talks about Haptic Technology and its benefits for visually impaired people to access performances.

Resistance: audio description techniques