A different kind of drama – the actors creating pictures with sound

The group experiment with props including a wind machine and a foley door – a miniature door with a latch used for sound effects – as well as different materials such as plastic and leaves.

“It’s kind of tricky when you don’t have any visual cues and you have to listen for your cue but it’s really good fun,” Kennedy says.

Another participant, Jim Masterson from Belfast, lost his sight after being assaulted when he was younger.

He has not taken part in drama since secondary school.

“It’s good to get back into it again but it’s different: Then I could see… now I’m completely blind.”

Experimenting with sounds is something that Gareth Smyth has enjoyed.

“[Performing arts is] a way of expressing yourself… and I certainly feel that disabilities should not prevent you from doing so.

“It’s not so much about the disability but it’s about what the disability can enable you to do.”