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.

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.

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.

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.

The following venues have assistive listening systems:

• His Majesty's Theatre
• Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA
• Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre of WA

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.

The following events are rated 75% aural content:

• Roomful of Teeth
• Echoes Through Time
• Martin Hayes
• Lonquich-Clerici-Mehner Trio
• Åkervinda
• Mayhem and Rapture

50% aural content 
Event contains both sound and visual components, but sight is not essential to be able to engage with the event.

The following events are rated 50% aural content:

• A View From A Bridge
• all events at The Embassy
• all events at Main Stage at East Perth Power Station 

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.

The following events are rated 100% visual content:

• Birrundudu Drawings
• Gracie Green
• Kait James
• Kwop Ben
• Lance Chadd Tjyllyungoo
• Painting Itself
• Pascale Giorgi

75% visual content
Event or films is fully surtitled or subtitled or has minimal dialogue, some background music and/or sounds.

The following events and films are rated 75% aural content:

• A View From A Bridge
• The Blue Trail
• Deaf
• DJ Ahmet
• Dreams
• It Was Just an Accident
• First Light
• Lé Nør [the rain]
• Let Me In, Let Me Out
• The Mountain Bride – Vermiglio
• Mr Nobody Against Putin
• The President's Cake
• The Secret Agent
• Sirat
• Sound of Falling
• The Tale of Silyan
• Two Prosecutors
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

50% visual content
Event, film or exhibition is partially subtitled or includes dialogue, background music and/or sounds.

The following events and exhibitions are rated 50% visual content:

• April Phillips
• Awakening Histories
• Ballet at the Quarry
• Brad Rimmer
• Karla Bidi
• LACRIMA
• Max Cooper
• Melissa Sandy
• Nouvelle Vague
• Perth Moves events
• Sentimental Value
• Silent Friend
• Songs of the Bulbul
• Thania Petersen
• U>N>I>T>E>D

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.

The performance of Meow Meow's The Red Shoes on Sat 28 Feb 2pm will be closed captioned.

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. 

The following performances will be audio described:

• LACRIMA Tue 10 Feb 7pm
• POV Fri 13 Feb 7.30pm
• Scenes from the Climate Era Fri 20 Feb 7.30pm
• Haribo Kimchi Sat 21 Feb 7pm
• Perth Moves: Concrete Echoes Thu 26 Feb 9pm
• Le Gateau Chocolat Fri 27 Feb 7pm
• Lé Nør [the rain] Sat 28 Feb 7.30pm
• Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes Sun 1 Mar 5pm

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.

The following performances will have a tactile tour available before the performance, at the time listed:

• LACRIMA Tue 10 Feb 6pm
• POV Fri 13 Feb 6.30pm
• Scenes from the Climate Era Fri 20 Feb 6.30pm
• Le Gateau Chocolat Fri 27 Feb 5.30pm
• Lé Nør [the rain] Sat 28 Feb 6.30pm
• Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes Sun 1 Mar 3.30pm

Auslan interpreting
An interpreter stands to one side of the stage and live translates the text and dialogue into Auslan. 

The following performances will be Auslan interpreted:

• LACRIMA Mon 9 Feb 7pm
• POV Wed 11 Feb 7.30pm
• Rebel Rebel Fri 13 Feb 7.30pm
• Promises & Wild Beasts Wed 18 Feb 8pm
• Scenes from the Climate Era Sat 21 Feb 7.30pm
• Dragon I Fri 27 Feb 7.30pm
• What’s TINA Got to Do With It! Sat 28 Feb 10pm
• Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes Sun 1 Mar 5pm

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.

A chill out space will be available at East Perth Power Station.