The Theatre Royal Stratford East is committed to every section of its local community, developing relationships with community groups and voluntary sector organisations. The Theatre also champions access for groups of disabled people and caters for their needs.
The Theatre now has more spacious foyers and a wheelchair accessible Box Office, there are 5 wheelchair spaces in the Theatre itself, lifts to the upper level, wheelchair accessible toilets.
Theatre Royal is proud to be part of SEE A VOICE (http://www.see-a-voice.org/) , a three year project to develop and broaden the programme of arts and cultural events that are available to deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted audiences through captioned and audio described performances.
What is Captioning? Captioning is similar to television subtitling and gives deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people access to live performances. The actors’ words appear on a display unit at the same
time as they are spoken or sung.
What is Audio Description? Audio description in theatre is a live verbal commentary on the visual elements of a production as it unfolds.
We have sign-interpreted, audio described and captioned performances for all main shows (those on for more than one week). We usually combine these with our post-show discussion so you can take full part in these as well as enjoying the show.
Here are all our upcoming acessible performances:
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFOMANCES:
Foreplay on Wednesday 10th June 2009 at 7:30pm. This perfromance will be audio described by Bridget Crowley and Guy Newman.
Aladdin on Thursday 14th January 2010 at 6.30pm.
There will also be a TOUCH TOUR an hour and a half before the performances. The Touch Tour offers visually impaired audiences the chance to visit the set, feel the props, touch the actors' costumes. The touch tour is free but booking is essential. Please ring Angela on 0208 279 1118 or send an email to mailto:afrost@stratfordeast.com
SIGN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES:
Foreplay on Tuesday 9th June 2009 at 7.30pm, followed by a Post Show Disucssion with the Cast and Creative Teram in association with Birkbeck, University of London. This performance will be signed by Zane Hema.
Aladdin on Friday 8th January 2010 at 1.45pm and 6.30pm
CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES:
Aladdin on Friday 15th January 2010 at 6.30pm. This performance will be captionned by Suzanne Walker.
We are delighted to take Typetalk calls for deaf and hard of hearing or if you prefer send us a text 07972 918 050
We have an infra-red, assisted listening system in the Auditorium.
Large print copies of all our printed material (leaflets, brochures, even programmes) are also available on request. If you need a large print copy of the Theatre's brochures please call 020 8279 1120
For further information on all of our Access facilities contact our Box Office on 8534 0310 or email tickets@stratfordeast.com and please visit browse the virtual tour facility on the website if you have not visited us before.
For Booking Tickets: concessions tickets are available for the disabled and carers. Phone 020 8534 0310 or send a fax 020 8534 8381
Booking for more than 5 wheelchairs needs to be done in advance. Please contact the Theatre Manager on 0208 279 1133.
