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.
Website accessibility widget
Click on the Userway Accessibility Widget at the bottom left corner of the screen to modify your viewing of the website. You can change the language, contrast, font size, text spacing or turn on the screen reader.
Disability Access and Inclusion Plan
We’ve been working hard on our new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2025–2028 and are excited to share it with you soon.
Booking information
For access enquiries, please contact us at [email protected] and we will be happy to assist.
Tickets can be booked in person, by phone on 08 6488 8616 or online.
Alternatively, email [email protected] with your accessible seating request. Please include the event name, venue, date and time along with your contact details and our ticketing staff will call you to process the payment.
Most access performance tickets will be available at the lowest full price in the venue for that performance.
National Relay Service
You can contact Perth Festival through the National Relay Service.
TTY users phone 133 677
Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727
Or via their website.
Access Guides & brochure
2027 Perth Festival brochure coming soon.
Booking access tickets online
- Go to perthfestival.com.au and log into your account.
- Navigate to the performance you would like to purchase.
- Click on Add to Cart.
- Click on the "Book Accessible Services" button.
- Select your preferred seating for the access service. Note: Information about the best available seating for access services can be found in text above the seating map.
- After selecting your seats and corresponding price types, proceed to enter your access requirements before confirming your purchase.
- If you have any questions or need assistance with booking, please contact us via the details above.
Companion Cards
For patrons who require the assistance of a companion or carer, a second ticket is issued at no cost to the Companion Card holder. Companion tickets can be purchased online via the process above. Please have your Companion Card details ready to enter during the booking process.
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program
As a subscriber to this program Perth Festival encourages anyone with a non-visible disability or condition to wear a sunflower as a discreet way to let us know you might need additional assistance or understanding.
Access symbols and events
Wheelchair accessible
The venue/location is wheelchair accessible. If this symbol is not listed on an event, access may be limited so please contact us for more details.
Assistive listening
The venue has assistive listening systems providing hearing augmentation and amplification.
Aural Ratings
These ratings evaluate the sound elements of a production and assess how dialogue, music and sound effects contribute to the storytelling. These ratings can help assess the sensory experience you might have at a production.
100% aural content
Event is entirely sound-based with no visual elements and can be fully experienced by blind or low vision audiences.
75% aural content
Event is mainly sound-based with visuals only incidental to the work, so blind or low vision audiences can have close to the full experience.
50% aural content
Event contains both sound and visual components, but sight is not essential to be able to engage with the event.
Visual Ratings
These ratings evaluate the visibility and overall visual experience. They assess how visual elements like set design, costume, and lighting contribute to the storytelling. These ratings can help assess the sensory experience you might have at a production.
100% visual content
Events or exhibitions contain no music or dialogue.
75% visual content
Event or films is fully surtitled or subtitled or has minimal dialogue, some background music and/or sounds.
50% visual content
Event, film or exhibition is partially subtitled or includes dialogue, background music and/or sounds.
Many of our works are new and while we make every effort to be accurate with assessing these ratings, it is possible they will change as an event is developed. Please check back for the most up to date recommendations.
Closed captioning
For people who are hard of hearing or Deaf, captioning is an accurate text display of a performance in its entirety, displayed on personal devices such as mobiles or tablets via the GoTheatrical! Mobile app. Please advise if you require a device to be supplied.
Open captioning
For people who are hard of hearing or Deaf, captioning is an accurate text display of a performance in its entirety, displayed on screens to the side or above the stage.
Audio description
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 tour
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.
Auslan interpreting
An interpreter stands to one side of the stage and live translates the text and dialogue into Auslan.
In addition to these shows identified we can provide additional services by request.
Please contact Perth Festival with your request. Subject to availability.
Auslan interpreting
Chill out space
An accessible space with shade or dimmed lighting, seating and/or sensory activities is available. This space provides people a safe space away from the stimulation at an event.
Relaxed performance
Event may include low lighting, lower volume, the ability to move around a breakout space and sensory items to play with.
Haptic vests
Experience music like never before. Haptic vests transform sound into powerful vibrations, letting you feel every beat, rhythm, and bassline. Designed for concerts and live events, they create an immersive, multi-sensory connection to the music beyond hearing.
Subtitled or surtitled events
We present foreign language films with subtitles and performances in foreign languages with surtitles.
Subtitles are a translation of the dialogue displayed at the bottom of the screen. Surtitles are a translation of the dialogue displayed on a screen above or at the side of the stage.
