Access
Our Commitment to You
Perth Festival is committed to making our events and performances accessible, and presenting work by the world’s leading artists with disability. This commitment addresses a core value of the Festival’s artistic vision to celebrate difference and develop diverse audiences.
Access and Inclusions Advisory Committee
Our Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee was formed to ensure that our work around access considers people with disabilities and relevant service organisations through a consultative process.
The Committee provides advice and guidance on all aspects of the Festival including our Disability Action and Inclusion Plan, built environments, access services available across performances and community building. Committee members are paid for their time and meet at four key times across the year.
The committee is comprised of members with a range of access requirements and/or lived experience with disability, and includes both patrons, artists and service organisation representatives.
Read more about our members here.
Access Guides
Perth Festival Access Guide is available here (PDF, Word)
Visual Arts Access Guide (PDF, Word)
Access Symbols
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Wheelchair accessible
The wheelchair symbol indicates that the venue/location is wheelchair accessible.
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Assistive listening
Assistive listening systems provide hearing augmentation and amplification
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No music or dialogue
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Fully surtitled or have minimal dialogue
Some background music and/or sounds
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Partially surtitled or includes dialogue
Background music and/or sounds
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Closed captioning
For people who are hard of hearing or Deaf, captioning is an accurate text display of a performance in its entirety. Captioning is displayed on personal devices such as mobiles or tablets via the GoTheatrical! Mobile app. Please advise if you require a device to be supplied.
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Audio description/Tactile Tour
Audio describers provide live verbal descriptions of actions, costumes, scenery and other visual elements of the performance between gaps in the dialogue on stage via a personal headset.
Tactile Tours allow patrons who are blind or have low vision and their companions to explore the set, props and costumes prior to the performance. Bookings are essential.
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Auslan interpreting
An interpreter stands to one side of the stage and live translates the text and dialogue into Auslan.
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Listen to the Disability Access and Inclusion Plan