Audio description is one of the main techniques aimed at widening accessibility to the media for viewers with sensory disabilities. After giving a brief introduction to what audio description is, the author offers an informative account of the role of audio describers, professionals who act as the eyes of the visually impaired and transfer what they see into words. They express and bring alive, verbally, what they see at the same time as the action takes place, on stage or on the screen. Focusing on audio description for the theatre, the author equates the importance of the audio describer’s sensitivity with the task of relating the plot and action of a theatre or screen performance. Providing an audience with the subtext or the unspoken message of a production is often as important as conveying facts, if not more so.