PI EVENTS APP — FACT SHEET
Performance Interpreting | performanceinterpreting.co.uk
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ONE-LINE PITCH
A free iOS and Android app that helps Deaf and hard of hearing
audiences find every PI-delivered BSL/ISL interpreted live event
in the UK and Ireland — each one staffed by NRCPD-registered
interpreters — request access at events that do not yet have it,
and use practical communication tools on the day.

AT A GLANCE
- Product:       PI Events App
- Audience:      Deaf and hard of hearing audiences, UK and Ireland
- Cost:          Free for end users
- Platforms:     iOS and Android (native)
- App Store:     https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pi-events/id6760933712
- Google Play:   https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.performanceinterpreting.app
- Smart link:    performanceinterpreting.co.uk/get-app (detects device)
- Coverage:      Every PI-delivered BSL/ISL event nationwide.
                 Each one staffed by NRCPD-registered interpreters,
                 many of them PI Academy graduates.
- Languages:     British Sign Language (BSL), Irish Sign Language (ISL)
- Built by:      Performance Interpreting
- Founder:       Marie Pascall (born with unilateral deafness)
- NRCPD:         Every PI interpreter is NRCPD-registered
- Training arm:  PI Academy (in-house interpreter training)

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM A GENERIC LISTINGS APP
Every event in the app is one PI is delivering. That means every
interpreter in the listing is NRCPD-registered, has been briefed
by PI for the specific show, and meets the same professional bar
PI applies at Wembley, Arsenal and the BBC. Many of those
interpreters trained or are training through PI Academy — creating
a continuous quality loop. For events PI does not deliver, the
Request an Interpreter feature is how audiences ask for access.

KEY FEATURES
1. Browse interpreted events
   Every confirmed PI-delivered BSL/ISL event nationwide. Filter by
   date, location, type and language.

2. Smart search
   Type-ahead fuzzy search across events, venues and categories.

3. Request an interpreter
   If an event has no interpreter booked, users submit a request
   directly through the app. PI liaises with the organiser, and any
   confirmed event is staffed by an NRCPD-registered interpreter.

4. Know your rights
   Plain-English guide to the Equality Act 2010, the DDA 1995 and
   the Irish Equal Status Acts. No legal jargon.

5. BSL and ISL videos on every screen
   The app is BSL & ISL first by design — onboarding lets users pick
   their preferred language before any English appears, and every
   screen carries a signed video walkthrough.

6. Communication Tool Kit (in-app)
   For the moments when there isn't an interpreter. Pre-made cards
   to show staff:
   - I am Deaf
   - Emergency
   - Order (food and drink builder)
   - Speech to Text (live speech recognition)
   Tap a card to display full screen. Cards are customisable.

7. Festival checklists and venue guides
   First-time festival planner with accessibility tips,
   communication planning and direct links to official venue
   accessibility pages.

8. Feedback in BSL, ISL or text
   Users can submit written feedback or upload a video response
   in their preferred sign language after an event.

WHY THE APP EXISTS
Performance Interpreting has delivered BSL/ISL access at over 600
live events a year for more than a decade — for clients including
Arsenal, Wembley Stadium, The O2, Royal Albert Hall, Live Nation,
Festival Republic, BBC, UEFA and the NFL.

Through all of that, one problem kept surfacing on the audience
side: Deaf attendees could not find out which events had access in
the first place. Information sat scattered across organiser sites,
ticketing platforms and accessibility teams. The PI Events App
pulls every PI-delivered event into one place, lets users request
access at events that do not yet have it, and gives them practical
tools to use on the day.

The app was peer-recommended at DeafExpo 2026 before any paid
marketing went out.

COMPANY BACKGROUND
- Inducted into Signature's Hall of Fame, the highest recognition
  in the BSL interpreting industry.
- Gave key evidence in the landmark Little Mix BSL case, which
  established BSL access at live events as a legal requirement
  under the Equality Act 2010.
- Partnered with Wembley Stadium to make BSL interpreting the
  default at every concert at the national stadium.
- Trusted to manage full Deaf access at Royal events and state
  ceremonies.
- Operates PI Academy, the in-house training arm bringing the
  next generation of BSL interpreters into the field.

READY-TO-USE QUOTES

WHY THE APP EXISTS
"Performance Interpreting already delivers BSL at the biggest
events in the country. The app solves a different problem — Deaf
audiences could not find out which events had access in the first
place, and the access they could find was scattered across
organiser sites, ticketing platforms and accessibility teams that
did not talk to each other. We built it because the gap was there
and no one else was going to."
— Marie Pascall, Founder, Performance Interpreting

ON THE BUILD
"The brief was to empower the user at every stage of the event
they are enjoying.

Before — you give the app the event details, AI drafts the access
request email for you, the venue's address is autofilled, and you
send it with the tap of a few buttons. No more wondering what to
write or who to send it to.

At the event — communication cards and live speech-to-text so a
Deaf attendee can engage with bar staff or security without
having to use their voice.

After — feedback in sign language or by form, the choice always
there.

Designed to work offline at venues where the wifi gives up, BSL &
ISL first by default, and built to disappear once you have got
what you need. Every engineering decision came from those
constraints."
— James Edwards, Tailored Tools

ON CONSULTING THE DEAF COMMUNITY
"Every card in the Tool Kit started with a real story — what went
wrong at a gig, what got missed at the bar, what was unclear during
a safety announcement. We spent the development process pulling
those stories out of the Deaf community so the app's accessibility
decisions are built on lived experience, not assumed from the
outside. The next person does not have to go through what we have
already been through."
— Daryl Jackson, Deaf Consultant

BOILERPLATE — ABOUT PERFORMANCE INTERPRETING
Performance Interpreting is the UK and Ireland's leading provider
of BSL and ISL access at live events. Founded by Marie Pascall and
inducted into Signature's Hall of Fame, PI delivers over 600
events a year across festivals, arenas, stadiums and Royal
occasions, for clients including Arsenal, The O2, Wembley Stadium,
Royal Albert Hall, Live Nation, Festival Republic, BBC, UEFA and
the NFL. Every PI interpreter is NRCPD-registered, with many
trained through PI Academy, the in-house training arm. The PI
Events App is a free consumer app and the front end of that
pipeline — equal access for Deaf audiences at every live event.

ASSET PACK CONTENTS
- /logos/        PI brand logos (landscape, square, white)
- /screenshots/  High-resolution app screenshots (PNG)
- /mp4/          Demo videos: raw screen captures plus captioned
                 feature cards (*-card.mp4), silent autoplay-loop
- /gifs/         Captioned feature cards as GIFs, embed anywhere
- /photos/       Marie Pascall signing at a PI festival access point
- This fact sheet

PRESS CONTACT
For interview with Marie Pascall, additional material or
fact-checking:
  Online:  performanceinterpreting.co.uk/contact (select Press)
  Press kit page: performanceinterpreting.co.uk/press/pi-events-app

PRIOR LIMPING CHICKEN COVERAGE OF PI
- 2022 — Marie Pascall and Fletch@ on PI's first stadium tour with
  a Deaf performer (Ed Sheeran's Mathematics shows)
  limpingchicken.com/2022/06/24/signsong-performer-fletch-and-marie-pascall-of-performance-interpreting-tell-us-about-their-uk-stadium-tour-with-ed-sheeran/

- 2021 — The Little Mix court case: the story so far
  limpingchicken.com/2021/06/29/the-little-mix-court-case-the-story-so-far/

- 2017 — Two Deaf rock fans review a signed Limp Bizkit & Korn show
  limpingchicken.com/2017/01/06/rebecca-anne-withey-what-two-deaf-rock-fans-thought-when-they-saw-limp-bizkit-with-performance-interpreting/
